Blood to the cornual area of the uterus is mainly supplied from the ovarian artery in the follicular phase and from the uterine artery in the luteal phase | Zendy

Ettore Cicinelli | Zendy

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Blood to the cornual area of the uterus is mainly supplied from the ovarian artery in the follicular phase and from the uterine artery in the luteal phase

Author(s) -

Ettore Cicinelli

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/deh171

Subject(s) - ovarian artery , luteal phase , follicular phase , uterine artery , uterus , medicine , ovary , gynecology , spiral artery , biology , pregnancy , gestation , fetus , placenta , genetics

The blood supply to the uterus is provided by the uterine and ovarian arteries, which form anastomoses. Yet the flow direction through this anastomoses and the primary source of blood supply to the tubes and uterine cornua remains unknown. To clarify this issue, we studied the spatial propagation of temperature changes following cooling of the upper vaginal area.

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