How to Use uterus in a Sentence
uterus
noun-
The egg cell is then transferred to the uterus of a sow.
— Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 -
The cervix sits at the lower, narrow end of the uterus, per the NCI.
— Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 10 Feb. 2022 -
These embryos are then placed in the uterus via the cervix.
— Serena Coady, SELF, 24 Feb. 2022 -
When the body starts to heat up, blood pulls away from the core and the uterus and rushes to the skin.
— Amudalat Ajasa, Washington Post, 16 July 2024 -
The uterus and round ligaments stretch as the fetus grows in the womb6.
— Korin Miller, SELF, 18 May 2022 -
This ball of cells then attaches to the lining of the uterus.
— Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2023 -
The endometrium is the tissue that lines the inside of the uterus.
— Kasandra Brabaw, Health, 19 June 2024 -
Polyps are also benign growths, and they can be found in the uterus or on the top of the cervix.
— Wendy Wisner, Health, 13 Sep. 2024 -
Once the tube is inside the uterus, the provider will push the IUD into the uterus with a plunger and remove the tube.
— Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024 -
That same uterus has to do a lot of work to contract back down to pre-pregnancy shape.
— Arianna Bradford, Parents, 29 July 2023 -
Both work by changing the way sperm cells move in the uterus and prevent them from reaching an egg.
— Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024 -
After all, your ovaries and uterus are not like an atomic clock.
— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023 -
The drugs shrank some of the masses, but the primary tumor in my uterus kept growing.
— Amy Ettinger, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024 -
From there, the surgeon operates on the baby, while keeping it in the uterus.
— Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023 -
Do his constant reminders of your value as a uterus work for you?
— Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2023 -
The decrease in blood flow to the uterus and placenta — used to feed the baby — can result in low birth weight.
— Amudalat Ajasa, Washington Post, 16 July 2024 -
The two laughed when Toppin told Teske that her bladder was full and had pushed the uterus away from its usual spot.
— Sadia Rafiquddin, STAT, 31 Aug. 2023 -
These muscles support the bladder and bowel, as well as the uterus.
— Kristina Behr, Parents, 13 Mar. 2024 -
Jill Martin spent years in pain from the fibroids growing in her uterus, but was able to brush it off.
— Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 2 Mar. 2022 -
Avoid lying on your right side or flat on your back, which puts the full weight of your uterus on the vena cava.
— Parents Editors, Parents, 17 Oct. 2023 -
Endometriosis is a disease that affects the uterus and other parts of the body.
— Tori Crowther, Allure, 31 Mar. 2023 -
And meanwhile, women are over here with a swarm of bees in our uterus and our skin falling off.
— Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024 -
They are made of muscle cells and tissues that grow within and around the muscular wall of the uterus.
— Dominique Fluker, Essence, 20 July 2024 -
Uterine fibroids are benign growths that appear in or close to the uterus.
— Sarah Bradley, Women's Health, 28 July 2023 -
Symptoms can occur even if the uterus is removed, but the ovaries are intact.
— Korin Miller, Health, 19 May 2024 -
The rest of the ultrasound wasn’t so bad, though: The familiar feeling of gel on her stomach, the sight of her uterus in grayscale.
— Eric Boodman, STAT, 29 Sep. 2022 -
Doctors said her uterus still does not look normal, Anaya said.
— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 15 May 2023 -
Sanchez said she was told the fibroids within the lining of the uterus were causing her heavy bleeding.
— Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2024 -
The signs of a severe infection in her uterus would include a fever of 100.4 degrees and chills.
— Carrie Feibel, oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2022 -
Once a person gives birth, their uterus contracts to deliver the placenta and then seals off the blood vessels where the placenta is attached to the uterine wall.
— Cordelia Nwankwo, Verywell Health, 4 Oct. 2024
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