Uberon definition : the glandular mucous membrane lining of the uterine cavity that is hormonally responsive
during the estrous/menstrual cycle and during pregnancy;
Uberon related term : uterine mucosa; uterine mucous membrane;
Uberon Homology note : The maternal part of the placenta (of eutherian mammals) is the vascularized and glandular
uterine lining, or endometrium.[well established][VHOG];
Uberon Taxon note : Animals that have estrous cycles reabsorb the endometrium if conception does not occur
during that cycle. Animals that have menstrual cycles shed the endometrium through
menstruation instead;