fallopian tubes

[fuh-loh-pee-uhn]

fal·lo·pi·an tube

[fuh-loh-pee-uhn]
noun
one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
Also, Fallopian tube.


Origin:
1700–10; named after Gabriello Fallopio (died 1562), Italian anatomist; see -ian
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fallopian tubes [(fuh-loh-pee-uhn)]

The slender tubes through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus. Fertilization normally takes place in the fallopian tubes. (See reproductive systems.)

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