oviduct

Examples of oviduct in the following topics:

• Female Duct System

  • The Fallopian tubes, or oviducts, connect the ovaries to the uterus.
  • 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 uterotubal junction.
  • In non-mammalian vertebrates, the equivalent structures are the oviducts.

• Female Reproductive Anatomy

  • Internal female reproductive structures include ovaries, oviducts, the uterus, and the vagina.
  • The lateral ends of the oviducts flare out into a trumpet-like structure and have a fringe of finger-like projections called fimbriae.
  • The walls of the oviducts are ciliated (covered in cilia) and are primarily smooth muscle.
  • Fertilization usually takes place within the oviducts.
  • It usually takes the egg or embryo a week to travel through the oviduct.

• Surgical Sterilization

  • Tubal ligation (females): Known popularly as "having one's tubes tied. " The Fallopian tubes (also referred to as oviducts), which allow the sperm to fertilize the ovum and would carry the fertilized ovum to the uterus, are closed.

• Anatomy of the Female Reproductive System

  • The fertilization usually occurs in the oviducts, but can happen in the uterus itself.

• Fifth Through Eighth Weeks of Development

  • An embryo from an ectopic pregnancy, still in the oviduct.

• Human Gestation

  • When fertilized (at conception), the egg, now known as a zygote, travels through the oviduct to the uterus .

• Gametogenesis (Spermatogenesis and Oogenesis)

  • At ovulation, this secondary oocyte will be released and travel toward the uterus through the oviduct.