See Also: idiopathic bone cavity(medicine)
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fornix(dictionary)
Fornix(health)
Fornix(medicine)
transverse fornix(medicine)
tenia of the fornix(medicine)
Cerebral fornix(health)
pharyngeal fornix(medicine)

fornix vaginae (medicine) and idiopathic bone cavity (medicine)


fornix vaginae (medicine)


fornix vaginae -->
vaginal fornix


The recess at the vault of the vagina; it is divided into an anterior part, posterior part, and lateral part with respect to its relation to the cervix of the uterus. The posterior part is clinically significant as the site for culdocentesis and culdoscopy. The proximity of the ureter (below) and the uterine artery (above) adjacent to the lateral fornix is important clinically.

Synonym: fornix vaginae, fornix uteri.


idiopathic bone cavity (medicine)


idiopathic bone cavity -->
solitary bone cyst


A unilocular cyst containing serous fluid and lined with a thin layer of connective tissue, occurring usually in the shaft of a long bone in a child.

Synonym: idiopathic bone cavity, osteocystoma, simple bone cyst, traumatic bone cyst, unicameral bone cyst.