Look up: Fallopian Tube


  1. Fallopian tube
    [n] - either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus
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  2. Fallopian Tube
    The ducts that conduct the egg from the abdomen to the uterus after ovulation and conception. It is within the fallopian tube that the sperm usually meets and fertilises the egg.
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  3. fallopian tube
    There are two fallopian tubes, one each side of the uterus, that lead from the area of the ovaries into the uterine cavity. When an ovary releases an egg, the nearest fallopian tube draws it in and transports it down to the uterus.
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  4. Fallopian tube
    Carries egg cells from the ovaries to the uterus in women. Fertilisation happens here.
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  5. Fallopian tube
    (fallopian tubes) Tubes that connect the ovaries to the womb. They carry the egg released from one of the ovaries each month to the womb. Cancer of the fallopian tube is very rare.
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  6. Fallopian tube
    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 fertilise an egg
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  7. Fallopian tube
    Fallopian tubes (also called oviducts or uterine tubes) are the two tubes that connect the uterus to the ovaries in the female reproductive system.
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  8. Fallopian tube
    Fallopian tube: One of the two Fallopian tubes that transport the egg from the ovary to the uterus (the womb). In the diagram, the Fallopian tubes are not labeled but are well shown running between the uterus and ovaries. The Fallopian tubes have small hair-like projections called cilia on the cells...
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  9. fallopian tube
    <anatomy> The paired tubes which connect the ovaries to the uterus and conduct the egg to the uterus. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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  10. Fallopian tube
    uterine tube noun either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus
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  11. fallopian tube
    (fә-lo´pe-әn) a slender tube extending laterally from the uterus toward the ovary, one on each side, allowing passage of oocytes to the cavity of the uterus and of spermatozoa in the opposite direction. Called also uterine tube and oviduct. Uterine, or fallopian, tube.
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  1. fallopian tube
    either of a pair of long narrow ducts located in the human female abdominal cavity that transport the male sperm cells to the egg, provide a suitable ... [12 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/5

  2. Fallopian tube
    Fallopian tube and egg fertilization. © Merck In mammals, either of two narrow ducts leading from the upper part of the uterus into the pelvic cavity and ending in fingerlike projections called fimbriae, which almost encircle each ovary. After ovulation, an ovum enters and travels throug...
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  3. Fallopian Tube
    Responsbile for transporting the egg from the ovary to the uterus. There are two fallopian tubes, one on each side of the body. One connects to the right ovary, the other to the left ovary. Fertilization normally occurs within the fallopian tubes. Blocked, damaged or scarred fallopian tubes are a co...
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/F/1

  4. fallopian tube
    fallopian tube (fulō'pēun) , either of a pair of tubes extending from the uterus to the paired ovaries in the human female, also called oviducts, technically known as the uterine tube. At one end the long, slender fallopian tube opens into the uterus; the other end expands into a fun...
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  5. fallopian tube
    Type: Term Synonyms: uterine tube
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=94386

  6. Fallopian tube
    In mammals, one of two tubes that carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus. An egg is fertilized by sperm in the Fallopian tubes, which are lined with cells whose cilia move the egg towards the uterus
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  7. Fallopian tube
    The tube leading from the ovary to the uterus (womb).
    Found op http://www.patientinfo.selcn.nhs.uk/glossary?startswith=F

  8. fallopian tube
    (fua-lo;pe-an) See uterine tube.
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  9. fallopian tube
    (fua-lo;pe-an) See uterine tube.
    Found op http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml

  10. fallopian tube
    A slender tube through which eggs pass from an ovary to the uterus. In the female reproductive tract, there is one ovary and one fallopian tube on each side of the uterus.
    Found op http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?expand=F

  11. Fallopian tube
    The Fallopian tubes, also known as oviducts, uterine tubes, and salpinges (singular salpinx) are two very fine tubes lined with ciliated epithelia, leading from the ovaries of female mammals into the uterus, via the utero-tubal junction. In non-mammalian vertebrates, the equivalent structures are t...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallopian_tube

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