What's the difference between decidua and menstruation?

Decidua


Definition:

  • (n.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Implantation of the mouse embryo involves the invasion of the secondary trophoblast giant cells of the ectoplacental cone (EPC) into the uterine decidua.
  • (2) In this study, tritiated leucine placed on the isolated maternal side of amniochorion with adherent decidua was incorporated into newly synthesized tritiated human decidual prolactin.
  • (3) With the use of the radioimmunoassay for growth hormone--releasing inhibiting factor (GIF), it was found that measurable amounts of GIF-like substance existed in the chorionic villi and decidua of pregnant women.
  • (4) Three patterns of inflammation of the chorion-decidua were identified: marginating, nonmarginating, and a mixed pattern.
  • (5) The low-molecular-mass insulin-like growth factor-binding protein (IGF-BP) and placental protein 12 (PP12) are identical proteins that are present in human serum, amniotic fluid, secretory endometrium and decidua.
  • (6) Hybridization of polyadenylic-(+)ribonucleic acid extracted from amnion, chorion, decidua parietalis, basal plate, and placental trophoblast with a radiolabeled 48 mer oligonucleotide and a 540 base pair complementary deoxyribonucleic acid probe to human placental lactogen showed the placental trophoblast to be the major source of human placental lactogen and the extravillous chorion and basal plate to be additional minor sources.
  • (7) The process of trophoblastic invasion of the decidua and myometrium is usually complete by 18 weeks of gestation, and absolute growth of the placenta ceases in late gestation (near 35 weeks).
  • (8) It is concluded that the present case does not represent "fibrosing decidua."
  • (9) These changes are followed from one side, by an atrophy of the blood vessels and connective tissue cells, and from the other, there increases the number of decidua giant cells, as well as of syncytium and cytotrophoblast.
  • (10) The remaining, smaller villi lose their connection with the decidua.
  • (11) Since the actions of IGF-I occurred at physiological concentrations, these findings strongly support a role for IGF-I in the regulation of PRL secretion by human decidua.
  • (12) During continuing infusion, following 210 min of iodoinsulin delivery, intact conceptuses (embryo, amnion, and yolk sac), and portions of adjacent decidua, liver, and spleen were excised, rinsed, and frozen in liquid N2 within 2 min.
  • (13) The results suggest that placenta accreta does not arise through excessive trophoblast invasiveness or proliferation and the absence of decidua is of more importance in the pathogenesis.
  • (14) These findings suggest that decidua-derived cells can serve as antigen presenting cells for the presentation of membrane-bound alloantigens in a primary lymphoproliferative response.
  • (15) Examination of activities in early (days 32-35), mid (days 44-46) and late (within 5 days of parturition) gestation revealed no significant change in estrogen sulfatase specific activity in decidua basalis.
  • (16) The amnion, chorion, placenta, decidua basalis, decidua parietalis and myometrium were obtained at Caesarean section during late pregnancy.
  • (17) Electrophoretic and gel filtration profiles of supernatants from cultures of decidua and deciduoma seem similar.
  • (18) Labelling patterns were observed in each component of fetal membranes and decidua.
  • (19) A review of three hysterograms inadvertently performed during early pregnancy reaffirms the regular appearance of infiltration of aqueous opaque media into the substance of the decidua, producing the sign of the double-outlined uterine cavity.
  • (20) Decidual NK cells, indistinguishable from those found in lymphoid tissues, are present in cell suspensions prepared from maternal decidua of random-bred mice between Days 6.5 and 10.5 of first gestation.

Menstruation


Definition:

  • (n.) The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Eighteen of the 23 women (78%) had been unable to work during the first day of menstruation, the rate of working days lost was reduced to 4% with ketoprofen and 9 with indomethacin.
  • (2) Heparin-like activity increased throughout the menstrual cycle and decreased during menstruation, suggesting a possible cyclical variation in activity.
  • (3) In a large proportion of these (29 out of 76), blood was noted to be present on waking, menstruation thus having begun at some time during the hours of sleep.
  • (4) Estrogen receptors are more frequently found in post-menopausal women than in women who are still menstruating.
  • (5) The voice of the womb manifests itself in the language of menstruation.
  • (6) Although there are several advantages for both the physician and patient to the IUD insertion during menstruation, there is no valid reason to delay insertion if the patient requests an IUD at any other time during her menstrual cycle.
  • (7) She explained that, as a baby, she had been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM): her clitoris cut off and her vagina sealed, with only a small hole remaining for urine and menstruation.
  • (8) Menstruation reoccurred within 21 days of treatment for 98%.
  • (9) The Depression Adjective Check List, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and a battery of factor analytically derived cognitive tests sensitive to anxiety or depression were administered to 50 women between the ages of 30 and 45 during the 4 days prior to the onset of menstruation and again 2 weeks later.
  • (10) The PMS women peaked on the day prior to menstruation, while the non-PMS women peaked on the first day of menstruation.
  • (11) When 15% was used as a single figure to represent the optimal, long-term bioavailability of iron in a general Western-type diet, the 95th percentiles of dietary iron requirements were 18.9 mg in adult menstruating women and 21.4 mg in menstruating teenagers.
  • (12) For young girls, or where conception is not desired, substitution treatment with an estrogen-progesterone combination is recommended, to prevent further hypoplasia of the internal genitals; in cases where estrogen production is sufficient, cyclic treatment with progesterone is enough to induce menstruation.
  • (13) A total of 35 menstruating women undergoing ovariectomy were randomly divided into five groups of 7 patients each, receiving a 4-week treatment with oral clonidine, lisuride and sodium valproate, transdermal 17 beta-estradiol, or placebo.
  • (14) RU-486 can be successfully used to regulate menstruation, especially in populations without access to medical are and pregnancy tests, and it may appeal to women who prefer not to know their status.
  • (15) Plasma concentrations of retinol-binding protein (RBP) were measured in a cross-sectional study of asymptomatic normal menstruating women (n = 94) who obtained Pap smears and participated in a double-blinded nutritional survey.
  • (16) Not only menstruating girls using tampons, but also quite young children can acquire this disease.
  • (17) Side effects such as nausea, intermenstrual bleedings, and absence of menstruation were most often observed with Femigen forte; about 30% of these users.
  • (18) In both groups the level declined during menstruation before the increase of endogenous female sex hormone levels.
  • (19) The data indicated that those patients who had sickle cell crises were significantly older and had been menstruating longer, with heavier periods.
  • (20) The reduction in MBL during OC use was most apparent during the first 2 days of menstruation.

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