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Fallopian Tubes  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A pair of highly specialized canals extending from the UTERUS to its corresponding OVARY. They provide the means for OVUM transport from the ovaries and they are the site of the ovum's final maturation and FERTILIZATION. The fallopian tube consists of an interstitium, an isthmus, an ampulla, an infundibulum, and fimbriae. Its wall consists of three layers: serous, muscular, and an internal mucosal layer lined with both ciliated and secretory cells.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Fallopian Tube
  • Oviducts, Mammalian
  • Salpinges, Uterine
  • Salpinx, Uterine
  • Uterine Salpinges
  • Uterine Salpinx
  • Uterine Tubes

In other languages

  • French

  • Oviductes de mammifère
  • Salpinx
  • Trompe de Fallope
  • Trompe utérine
  • Trompes de Fallope

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ZGHT1JDK-F

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