fallopian tubes

     

The Fallopian tubes, also known as oviucts, 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.

Trivia about fallopian tubes

  • To prevent pregnancy, a woman may have these tubes surgically tied
  • These 2 ducts lead from the ovaries to the uterus
  • Female anatomical tubes named for an Italian doctor
  • The uterine tubes known as oviducts are also called these, after the man who discovered them
  • They connect the ovaries to the uterus
  • They're also called oviducts

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