fallopian tube

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Either of the two ducts in female mammals through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus
Alternative capitalization of Fallopian tube
either of two tubes in the female abdomen that carry the ova to the uterus
A pair of slender ducts through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus in the female reproductive system of humans and higher mammals
A woman's fallopian tubes are the two tubes in her body along which eggs pass from her ovaries to her womb. one of the two tubes in a female through which eggs move to the uterus (Gabriel Fallopius (1523-62), Italian scientist who studied the structure of bodies)
small tube that conducts the egg from the ovary to the uterus
either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus
one of the tubes leading from the ovaries to the uterus through which an ovum (egg) travels
—Either of two long, slender ducts connecting a woman's uterus to her ovaries, where eggs are transported from the ovaries to the uterus and sperm may fertilize an egg
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Fallopian tubes
plural form of Fallopian tube
fallopian tubes
tubes that conduct the egg from the ovary to the uterus
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The two tubes that connect each ovary to the uterus When ovulation occurs, an ovum from one of the ovaries is released and swept up by cilia and drawn into the fallopian tube When fertilization of an ovum by a single sperm takes place, it normally happens in the fallopian tube
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Tubes located on either side of the uterus that carry eggs from the ovary to the uterus
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Ducts through which eggs travel to the uterus once released from the follicle Sperm normally meet the egg in the fallopian tube, the site at which fertilisation usually occurs The fallopian tube is divided anatomically into a few regions: closest to the uterus and within the uterine wall is the "interstitium" (where interstitial pregnancies develop), next is the isthmus (immediately outside the uterine wall) then the "ampulla" (midsection of the tube) and then the "infundibular or fimbrial portion" (adjacent to the ovary at the end of the tube) These descriptions are helpful when reading Daiter's Dateline
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Part of the female reproductive system A pair of ducts opening at one end into the uterus and at the other end into the peritoneal cavity, over the ovary Each tube serves as a passage through which the ovum (egg) is carried to the uterus and through which spermatozoa (sperm) move toward the ovary See also Ovary; Uterus
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