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Fallopian Tubes

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.

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Tree Number(s): A05.360.319.114.373, A13.706.500

MeSH Unique ID: D005187

Entry Terms:

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

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