fallopian

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  1. Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; as, the Fallopian tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from the ovaries to the uterus.

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  • The mature egg cells passes through the fallopian tube towards the uterus. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • "Here are the fallopian tubes," a grim lumpette of a Home Ec. teacher would state, sourly chronicling the passage of a fertilized egg from the false excitement of a jizz-up to its disturbing embedding into the womb, which she was happy to point out was a squishy yoke that festered within all of us wimminfolk. —  planet.journals.ie
  • MUC16 is expressed at the apical surface of coelomic epithelia and its derivatives including epithelial cells in the Müllerian duct, fallopian tube, endometrium, endocervix, and mesothelial cells lining the peritoneal and pleural cavities In spite of the utility of CA125 in the clinic, the biological functions of CA125 / MUC16 in normal physiology and ovarian cancer are still poorly understood. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The exact cause of the problem can be extremely difficult to pinpoint, as ovulation, fertilization, and the passage to the fertilized ovum through the fallopian tube and to the uterus are extremely complex processes. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The most common causes of infertility in women include an ovulatory failure or defect, blocked fallopian tubes, endometriosis, and uterine fibroids. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
 

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