Ana3D

uterus

Reproductive

3D model: uterus
uterus
3D models: Browne, Kristen, and Heidi Schlehlein. 2026. 3D Reference Organ Set for Female, v1.10. https://doi.org/10.48539/HBM637.DWBM.744. HuBMAP CCF 3D Reference Object Library, https://humanatlas.io/3d-reference-library. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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Key points

  • The uterus is a hollow muscular organ that, when not pregnant, lies in the pelvis between the urinary bladder and rectum.
  • Its main regions include the fundus of uterus, body of uterus and uterine cervix.
  • The uterine wall contains an inner endometrium, a thick muscular myometrium and an outer covering.
  • The uterine artery provides the principal arterial supply, with additional contributions from the ovarian artery.
  • The uterus supports implantation and development during pregnancy, and its muscle contracts during childbirth.

Read the guide: Uterus: anatomy, location and function

Definition

The female muscular organ of gestation in which the developing embryo or fetus is nourished until birth.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Relations

Arterial supply
ovarian artery, uterine artery
Venous drainage
uterine vein
Lymphatic drainage
internal iliac lymph nodes

Sub-structures

Neighbouring structures

Practice questions

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Wikipedia (English)

Identifiers

TA2
3500
TA98
A09.1.03.001
FMA
17558
UBERON
0000995
Wikidata
Q9612