antrum
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Cells that make up the pyloric antrum secrete mucus and a number of hormones, including the majority of the stimulatory hormone, gastrin.
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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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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.
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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
But the stolid tree—a bloodwood, all bone, toughened by death, a few ruby crystals in sparse antra all that remained significant of past life—afforded but meagre hospitality to the, soft lead.
From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
How many of them are there on this ship: and how many like Xantra?" antra is the only one of his kind," came the answer.
From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various
