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What is a fundus?

What is a fundus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) the large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially
    1. the top, hollow portion of the uterus and
    2. the back, interior part of the eye, accommodating the retina and associated blood vessels, etc.
    3. the uppermost hollow of the stomach, which in humans forms a bulge above where the oesophagus enters the stomach.
    4. the deepest part of a sulcus, such as the sulci in the human cerebral cortex.
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The esophagus enters the stomach between the fundus and body of the stomach, commonly known as the cardiac portion of the stomach.
Ocular toxocariasis produces unilateral chronic panuveitis associated with granulomatous mass lesion in fundus.
This time she did remain still, and I saw that she had a pearly white optic disc in her fundus.
When you place your head lower than your hips, gravity encourages the fetus to move toward the fundus of the uterus, flex his or her chin, and turn under.
Examination of the gastrectomy specimen revealed an indurated tumor with central ulceration located in the fundus.
Mild atherosclerotic changes of the retinal arterioles were seen in the right fundus, which was otherwise unremarkable.

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