The Fallopian tubes, also known as uterine tubes, salpinges (singular salpinx), or oviducts, are tubes that stretch from the uterus to the ovaries, and are part of the female reproductive system.[1]
A fertilized egg passes through the Fallopian tubes from the ovaries of female mammals to the uterus. The Fallopian tubes are composed of simple columnar epithelium with hair-like extensions called cilia which carry the fertilized egg. In other animals, the equivalent of a Fallopian tube is an oviduct.
The name comes from the Catholic priest and anatomist Gabriele Falloppio, for whom other anatomical structures are also named.
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