body of uterus

The part of the uterus above the isthmus and below the orifices of the uterine tubes. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the body of uterus is

The part of the uterus above the isthmus and below the orifices of the uterine tubes. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the body of uterus is

It sits within the reproductive system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the body of uterus connects to

The atlas records 7 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of reproductive system and uterus.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the body of uterus. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as corpus uteri, uterine body and uterine corpus. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0009853, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: reproductive system and uterus.
• A kind of: anatomical structure and zone of organ.
• Continuous with: fallopian tube and internal cervical os.
• contains: endometrial cavity.

Questions

Where is the body of uterus?

It sits within the reproductive system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the body of uterus connect to?

Part of: reproductive system and uterus.

Is the body of uterus the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.