antrum

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The wider end of the funnel, the pyloric antrum, connects to the body of the stomach.

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Early tertiary follicles with their fluid-filled antrum will be stimulated by an increase in FSH, a gonadotropin produced by the anterior pituitary, to grow in the 28-day ovarian cycle.

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A thick fluid, called follicular fluid, that has formed between the granulosa cells also begins to collect into one large pool, or antrum.

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These bony caverns are called the frontal, maxillary or antrum, ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses.

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The first is met with in relation to epithelioma of a mucous surface—for example, the palate, tongue, gums, antrum, frontal sinus, auditory meatus, or middle ear.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis