(n.) That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower.
(n.) The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of Discophora.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
(2) This study was designed to investigate the localization and cyclic regulation of the mRNA for these two IGFBPs in the porcine ovary, RNA was extracted from whole ovaries morphologically classified as immature, preovulatory, and luteal.
(3) Stimulation of dopamine D2 receptors potentiates Ca2+ ionophore- or ATP-induced arachidonic acid (AA) release in D2 receptor cDNA-transfected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells [CHO(D2)].
(4) Stable mutants which are between 1.6- and 2.2-fold resistant to the microtubule inhibitor, nocodazole (NocR mutants) have been isolated in Chinese hamster ovary cells after a single-step selection.
(5) Ovarian venous concentrations of these four steroids from the side draining the tumor-bearing ovary were increased in 40 to 80% of the women.
(6) Ovarian aromatase activity, assessed by incubating the homogenised ovaries of treated rats with tritium-labelled androstenedione (0.2 microM) or testosterone (1 microM), indicated that residual enzyme activity was reduced compared with controls.
(7) The normal tissues included the ovary, fallopian tube, uterine endometrium, uterine cervix, and vagina.
(8) To determine where in the cell cycle Chinese hamster ovary cells die following heating in G1, a mild hyperthermia treatment, i.e., 10 or 11.5 min at 45.5 degrees C, resulting in 40-50% cell kill was used.
(9) The clinical and pathological features of a patient with giant cell arteritis of the uterus and ovaries are described.
(10) The surface of the ovary has been found to be composed of two types of epithelial cells called A and B cells which are found in their own respective zones, the A and B zones.
(11) As early as postnatal Day 2, NPY-I nerves were observed in connective tissue septa of the developing ovary.
(12) This increase was consistent with the stimulation of the total renin concentration in the ovary.
(13) Only 7 of 241 hatchlings had gonads that had not differentiated fully into ovaries or testes.
(14) We now report on the Singapore Chinese experience, in which the following changes were notable: decreases in rates of cancers of the stomach and oesophagus and increases in rates of cancers of the lung, colon, rectum, skin (excluding melanoma), breast and ovary.
(15) This study demonstrated that the ovaries did not influence uterine growth until after 60 d of age and that unilateral ovariohysterectomy could be performed as early as 60 d of age without altering consequent normal uterine growth.
(16) In ovaries, GtH stimulates production of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone in the thecal cells.
(17) We have used a rapid in vivo recombinational method to clone and completely sequence 34 UV-induced mutants at the adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) locus of Chinese hamster ovary cells.
(18) None of the rete-depleted ovaries exhibited normal follicular differentiation regardless of the presence or absence of the surface epithelium, whereas follicles developed normally in all the implants containing the rete system.
(19) Interpretation of the results shows that the ovary of the European eel contains the following enzymes: a 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, 5----4-ene-isomerase complex, a 17 alpha-hydroxylase, a C21-C19 desmolase, a 17 beta-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase, a 5 alpha-reductase, a 3 beta-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase and an aromatase complex.
(20) The data are expressed as percent inhibition of ovulation in the treated vs. the untreated ovaries.
Uterus
Definition:
(n.) The organ of a female mammal in which the young are developed previous to birth; the womb.
(n.) A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Append.
Example Sentences:
(1) In these bitches, a strain of E coli identical to the strain in the infected uterus was isolated.
(2) The combination of an over-distended uterus caused by a multiple-fetus pregnancy with therapeutic bed-rest may cause mechanical ileus.
(3) There was no significant difference in sialic acid concentration in the uterus during the proliferative and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle.
(4) In this study 470 bitches were inseminated; 405 with fresh semen into the cranial vagina and 65 with frozen semen transcervically into the uterus.
(5) The clinical and pathological features of a patient with giant cell arteritis of the uterus and ovaries are described.
(6) If deaths from ruptured uterus are to be avoided, early diagnosis is essential.
(7) In vivo administration of anti-EGF antibody or anti-TGF-alpha antibody significantly reduced estrogen-induced labelling index in castrated mouse uterus.
(8) The cAMP-dependent protein kinase (ATP:protein phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.37), has been studied in the vaginal epithelium, vaginal stroma, endometrium, and whole uterus of spayed mice treated with oestradiol-17 beta, and in the vaginal epithelium and uterus of spayed mice.
(9) We report two cases of leiomyomas of the uterus with a deletion of the long arm of chromosome 13.
(10) Likewise, [3H]estradiol-receptor complexes from rabbit uterus, Squalus oviduct, or mouse testis bound minimally to Squalus testicular chromatin.
(11) We have studied the postnatal ontogeny of creatine kinase (CK) and the glycolytic enzymes phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK), phosphoglycerate mutase (PGM), enolase (En), and pyruvate kinase (PK) in rat brain and uterus.
(12) Compared with anteverted (N = 243) or axial (N = 149) locations, the retroverted uterus (N = 66) was associated with a lower mean sample weight per aspiration (22, 18, and 15 mg, respectively; P less than .01) and a greater frequency of multiple-pass procedures (23, 31, and 52%, respectively; P less than .0001).
(13) These plasmin-cleaved peptides are derived from the COOH terminus of C2b, and they induce the contraction of estrous rat uterus.
(14) After resuscitation a laparotomy disclosed an anterior paramedian laceration of the uterus.
(15) Tuberculosis of the cervix of the uterus is a rare form of genital tuberculosis.
(16) In addition, there were 117 hemorrhages (.98% of the cases reported), 22 burns or mechanical injuries of the gastrointestinal tract (.19%), 26 perforations of the uterus (.22%), 44 infections (.37%), 25 skin burns (.21%), and 24 cases of skin or organ emphysema (.2%).
(17) Ruptured uterus is considered as a cause of postpartum hemorrhage, with an incidence of 7.1% overall and 11.9% in patients with severe hemorrhage.
(18) After intrauterine inoculation E. coli was isolated from the uterus up to 30 days, and sporadically from the kidneys and urinary bladder, but not from the liver.
(19) An electromagnetic flow sensor was placed around the middle uterine artery and electromyogram electrodes were attached to the uterus.
(20) LSN lesions in hypophysectomized rats have no effect on the ovary and uterus weights as compared to hypophysectomized ones, but decrease the size of mature ovarian follicles against a background of hypophysectomy or LSN lesions.