Anatomy

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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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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15 entry terms
  • Fallopian Tube
  • Oviducts, Mammalian
  • Salpinges, Uterine
  • Salpinx, Uterine
  • Uterine Salpinges
  • Uterine Salpinx
  • Uterine Tubes
  • Mammalian Oviduct
  • Mammalian Oviducts
  • Oviduct, Mammalian
  • Tube, Fallopian
  • Tube, Uterine
  • Tubes, Fallopian
  • Tubes, Uterine
  • Uterine Tube

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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mammalian only; non-mammalian use OVIDUCTS; inflammation = SALPINGITIS; tubal sterilization = STERILIZATION, TUBAL; "fallopian" is not capitalized in titles or translations

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  1. A05w.360w.319w.114w.373w
  2. A13.706w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Fallopian Tubes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005187. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005187
  2. Fallopian Tubes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallopian_tube
  3. Fallopian Tubes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1233836