ostium

ostium
A small opening, especially one of entrance into a hollow organ or canal. SEE ALSO: orifice, opening, os, mouth (2). [L. door, entrance, mouth]
- o. abdominale tubae uterinae [TA] SYN: abdominal o. of uterine tube.
- abdominal o. of uterine tube [TA] the fimbriated or ovarian extremity of an oviduct. SYN: o. abdominale tubae uterinae [TA].
- o. anatomicum [TA] SYN: anatomical internal os of uterus.
- o. aortae [TA] SYN: aortic orifice.
- aortic o. SYN: aortic orifice.
- o. appendicis vermiformis [TA] SYN: orifice of vermiform appendix.
- o. arteriosum SYN: left atrioventricular orifice.
- o. atrioventriculare dextrum [TA] SYN: right atrioventricular orifice.
- o. atrioventriculare sinistrum [TA] SYN: left atrioventricular orifice.
- o. cardiacum [TA] SYN: cardial orifice.
- o. histologicum [TA] SYN: histological internal os of uterus.
- o. ileale [TA] SYN: ileal orifice.
- o. ileocecale SYN: ileal orifice.
- o. internum SYN: uterine o. of uterine tubes.
- o. pharyngeum tubae auditivae [TA] SYN: pharyngeal opening of pharyngotympanic (auditory) tube.
- o. pharyngeum tubae auditoriae pharyngeal opening of pharyngotympanic (auditory) tube.
- o. primum SYN: interatrial foramen primum.
- o. pyloricum [TA] SYN: pyloric orifice.
- o. secundum SYN: interatrial foramen secundum.
- o. sinus coronarii [TA] SYN: opening of coronary sinus.
- o. trunci pulmonalis [TA] SYN: opening of pulmonary trunk.
- o. tympanicum tubae auditivae [TA] SYN: tympanic opening of pharyngotympanic (auditory) tube.
- o. ureteris [TA] SYN: ureteric orifice.
- o. urethrae externum [TA] SYN: external urethral orifice.
- o. urethrae internum [TA] SYN: internal urethral orifice.
- o. urethrae internum evacuans [TA] SYN: voiding internal urethral orifice.
- o. uteri [TA] SYN: external os of uterus.
- o. uteri externum SYN: external os of uterus.
- o. uteri internum SYN: isthmus of uterus.
- uterine o. of uterine tubes [TA] the uterine opening of the oviduct. SYN: o. uterinum tubae uterinae [TA], o. internum, uterine opening of uterine tubes.
- o. uterinum tubae uterinae [TA] SYN: uterine o. of uterine tubes.
- o. vaginae [TA] SYN: vaginal orifice.
- o. venae cavae inferioris [TA] SYN: opening of inferior vena cava.
- o. venae cavae superioris [TA] SYN: opening of superior vena cava.
- ostia venarum pulmonalium [TA] SYN: openings of pulmonary veins, under opening.
- o. venosum cordis SYN: right atrioventricular orifice.
- o. of vermiform appendix SYN: orifice of vermiform appendix.

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os·ti·um 'äs-tē-əm n, pl os·tia -tē-ə a mouthlike opening in a bodily part (as a fallopian tube or a blood vessel) <stenosis of coronary ostia (R. L. Cecil & R. F. Loeb)>

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n. (pl. ostia)
(in anatomy) an opening. The ostium abdominale is the opening of the Fallopian tube into the abdominal cavity.

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os·ti·um (osґte-əm) pl. osґtia [L.] an opening, aperture, or orifice. ostial adj

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