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

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The antrum may be entirely wanting, as in Fig.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.