oviduct

(noun)

A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.

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(noun)

A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior (called fallopian tubes in humans).

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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.

  • 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.