antrum

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This degradation of the wall, combined with pressure from the large, fluid-filled antrum, results in the expulsion of the oocyte surrounded by granulosa cells into the peritoneal cavity.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Cells that make up the pyloric antrum secrete mucus and a number of hormones, including the majority of the stimulatory hormone, gastrin.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Toothache--St Vitus dance, Epilepsy, Fevers, diseases of the eye, nose, antrum, throat, muscles, cholera, all diseases of the skin, face, &c.

From Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Porter, Rufus