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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Fallopian tube</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8" title="قناة فالوب – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="قناة فالوب" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompa_de_Falopio" title="Trompa de Falopio – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Trompa de Falopio" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%C5%9Faql%C4%B1q_borusu" title="Uşaqlıq borusu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Uşaqlıq borusu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF" title="ফ্যালোপিয়ান নালি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ফ্যালোপিয়ান নালি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%8B" title="Фалопіевы трубы – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Фалопіевы трубы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%91%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%8B" title="Фалёпіевы трубы – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Фалёпіевы трубы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B1%D0%B0" title="Маточна тръба – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Маточна тръба" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajovodi" title="Jajovodi – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Jajovodi" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompilho%C3%B9_Falloppio" title="Trompilhoù Falloppio – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Trompilhoù Falloppio" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompa_de_Fal%C2%B7lopi" title="Trompa de Fal·lopi – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Trompa de Fal·lopi" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vejcovod" title="Vejcovod – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vejcovod" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiwbiau_Ffalopaidd" title="Tiwbiau Ffalopaidd – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Tiwbiau Ffalopaidd" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86ggeleder" title="Æggeleder – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Æggeleder" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileiter" title="Eileiter – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Eileiter" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%84%DE%A8%DE%90%DE%B0_%DE%8B%DE%A6%DE%8C%DE%AA%DE%83%DE%AA%DE%86%DE%AA%DE%83%DE%A7_%DE%80%DE%AE%DE%85%DE%A8" title="ބިސް ދަތުރުކުރާ ހޮޅި – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ބިސް ދަތުރުކުރާ ހޮޅި" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munajuha" title="Munajuha – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Munajuha" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%AC%CE%BB%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B1_(%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AF%CE%B1)" title="Σάλπιγγα (ανατομία) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σάλπιγγα (ανατομία)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompa_uterina" title="Trompa uterina – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Trompa uterina" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovodukto" title="Ovodukto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ovodukto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umetoki-tronpa" title="Umetoki-tronpa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Umetoki-tronpa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85" title="لوله رحم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لوله رحم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_ut%C3%A9rin" title="Tube utérin – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Tube utérin" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fead%C3%A1n_fall%C3%B3pach" title="Feadán fallópach – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Feadán fallópach" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompa_de_Falopio" title="Trompa de Falopio – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Trompa de Falopio" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%98%ED%8C%94%EA%B4%80" title="나팔관 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="나팔관" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A1%D6%83%D5%B8%D5%B2%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Արգանդափողեր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Արգանդափողեր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80" title="गर्भनली – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="गर्भनली" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajovod" title="Jajovod – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Jajovod" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BB%8Cwa_Fallopian" title="Ọwa Fallopian – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Ọwa Fallopian" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuba_fallopi" title="Tuba fallopi – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tuba fallopi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ik mw-list-item"><a href="https://ik.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipiak" title="Ipiak – Inupiaq" lang="ik" hreflang="ik" data-title="Ipiak" data-language-autonym="Iñupiatun" data-language-local-name="Inupiaq" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Iñupiatun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuba_di_Falloppio" title="Tuba di Falloppio – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Tuba di Falloppio" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%94_(%D7%90%D7%99%D7%91%D7%A8)" title="חצוצרה (איבר) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="חצוצרה (איבר)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D2%B1%D0%BC%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%82%D2%9B%D0%B0_%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8B" title="Жұмыртқа жолы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Жұмыртқа жолы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coga_h%C3%AAk%C3%AA" title="Coga hêkê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Coga hêkê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuba_uterina" title="Tuba uterina – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Tuba uterina" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olvads" title="Olvads – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Olvads" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiau%C5%A1intakis" title="Kiaušintakis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kiaušintakis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petevezet%C3%A9k" title="Petevezeték – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Petevezeték" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D1%98%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4" title="Јајцевод – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Јајцевод" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AB%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B4%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BE" title="ഫലോപ്യൻ കുഴലുകൾ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഫലോപ്യൻ കുഴലുകൾ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="गर्भनलिका – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="गर्भनलिका" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiub_Fallopio" title="Tiub Fallopio – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Tiub Fallopio" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileider" title="Eileider – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Eileider" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80" title="डिम्बबाहिनी नली – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="डिम्बबाहिनी नली" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BC%B8%E5%8D%B5%E7%AE%A1" title="輸卵管 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="輸卵管" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggleder" title="Eggleder – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Eggleder" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggleiar" title="Eggleiar – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Eggleiar" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachadon_naychalari" title="Bachadon naychalari – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Bachadon naychalari" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajow%C3%B3d" title="Jajowód – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Jajowód" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompas_de_Fal%C3%B3pio" title="Trompas de Falópio – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Trompas de Falópio" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tromp%C4%83_uterin%C4%83" title="Trompă uterină – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Trompă uterină" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%8B" title="Фаллопиевы трубы – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Фаллопиевы трубы" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallopian_tube" title="Fallopian tube – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Fallopian tube" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallopian_tube" title="Fallopian tube – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Fallopian tube" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaj%C3%AD%C4%8Dkovod" title="Vajíčkovod – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Vajíčkovod" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajcevod" title="Jajcevod – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Jajcevod" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%DA%AF%DB%95%DB%8C_%D9%81%D8%A7%DA%B5%DB%86%D9%BE" title="جۆگەی فاڵۆپ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="جۆگەی فاڵۆپ" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4" title="Јајовод – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Јајовод" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajovodi" title="Jajovodi – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Jajovodi" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuba_Fallopi" title="Tuba Fallopi – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Tuba Fallopi" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munanjohdin" title="Munanjohdin – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Munanjohdin" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84ggledare" title="Äggledare – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Äggledare" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagusan_ng_itlog" title="Lagusan ng itlog – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Lagusan ng itlog" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D" title="பாலோப்பியன் குழாய் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பாலோப்பியன் குழாய்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BA_%D0%BA%D3%A9%D0%BF%D1%88%D3%99%D1%81%D0%B5" title="Аналык көпшәсе – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Аналык көпшәсе" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AB%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B3%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81" title="ఫెలోపియన్ నాళాలు – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="ఫెలోపియన్ నాళాలు" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ti mw-list-item"><a href="https://ti.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%BB%E1%88%9D%E1%89%A5%E1%89%96_%E1%8A%A5%E1%8A%95%E1%89%9B%E1%89%95%E1%88%96" title="ሻምብቖ እንቛቕሖ – Tigrinya" lang="ti" hreflang="ti" data-title="ሻምብቖ እንቛቕሖ" data-language-autonym="ትግርኛ" data-language-local-name="Tigrinya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ትግርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallop_t%C3%BCpleri" title="Fallop tüpleri – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Fallop tüpleri" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%96%D1%94%D0%B2%D1%96_%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8" title="Фаллопієві труби – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Фаллопієві труби" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%87%D8%AE%DB%87%D9%85_%D9%86%DB%95%D9%8A%DA%86%D9%89%D8%B3%D9%89" title="تۇخۇم نەيچىسى – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="تۇخۇم نەيچىسى" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BE%93%E5%8D%B5%E7%AE%A1" title="输卵管 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="输卵管" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BC%B8%E5%8D%B5%E7%AE%A1" title="輸卵管 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="輸卵管" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BE%93%E5%8D%B5%E7%AE%A1" title="输卵管 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="输卵管" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a 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title="Embryology">Precursor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paramesonephric_duct" title="Paramesonephric duct">Paramesonephric ducts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Organ_system" title="Organ system">System</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Human_reproductive_system" title="Human reproductive system">Reproductive system</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Artery" title="Artery">Artery</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tubal_branches_of_ovarian_artery" title="Tubal branches of ovarian artery">Tubal branches of ovarian artery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tubal_branch_of_uterine_artery" title="Tubal branch of uterine artery">tubal branch of uterine artery</a> via <a href="/wiki/Mesosalpinx" title="Mesosalpinx">mesosalpinx</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Lymph" title="Lymph">Lymph</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lumbar_lymph_nodes" class="mw-redirect" title="Lumbar lymph nodes">Lumbar lymph nodes</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>tuba uterina</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Greek</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>σάλπιγξ (sálpinx)</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Medical_Subject_Headings" title="Medical Subject Headings">MeSH</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D005187">D005187</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" 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The fallopian tubes are part of the <a href="/wiki/Female_reproductive_system" title="Female reproductive system">female reproductive system</a>. In other vertebrates, they are only called <a href="/wiki/Oviduct" title="Oviduct">oviducts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Zhao_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zhao-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each tube is a muscular <a href="/wiki/Hollow_organ" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollow organ">hollow organ</a><sup id="cite_ref-Han_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Han-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that is on average between 10 and 14 cm (3.9 and 5.5 in) in length, with an external diameter of 1 cm (0.39 in).<sup id="cite_ref-emed2018_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emed2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has four described parts: the intramural part, isthmus, ampulla, and infundibulum with associated fimbriae. Each tube has two openings: a proximal opening nearest to the uterus, and a distal opening nearest to the ovary. The fallopian tubes are held in place by the <a href="/wiki/Mesosalpinx" title="Mesosalpinx">mesosalpinx</a>, a part of the <a href="/wiki/Broad_ligament" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad ligament">broad ligament</a> <a href="/wiki/Mesentery" title="Mesentery">mesentery</a> that wraps around the tubes. Another part of the broad ligament, the <a href="/wiki/Mesovarium" title="Mesovarium">mesovarium</a> suspends the ovaries in place.<sup id="cite_ref-Craig_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Craig-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An <a href="/wiki/Ovum" class="mw-redirect" title="Ovum">egg cell</a> is transported from an ovary to a fallopian tube where it may be <a href="/wiki/Human_fertilization" title="Human fertilization">fertilized</a> in the ampulla of the tube. The fallopian tubes are lined with <a href="/wiki/Simple_columnar_epithelium#Ciliated" title="Simple columnar epithelium">simple columnar epithelium</a> with hairlike extensions called <a href="/wiki/Cilia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cilia">cilia</a>, which together with <a href="/wiki/Peristaltic" class="mw-redirect" title="Peristaltic">peristaltic</a> contractions from the muscular layer, move the <a href="/wiki/Zygote" title="Zygote">fertilized egg</a> (zygote) along the tube. On its journey to the uterus, the zygote <a href="/wiki/Cleavage_(embryology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleavage (embryology)">undergoes cell divisions</a> that changes it to a <a href="/wiki/Blastocyst" title="Blastocyst">blastocyst</a>, an early embryo, in readiness for <a href="/wiki/Implantation_(embryology)" title="Implantation (embryology)">implantation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Tortora_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tortora-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Almost a third of cases of <a href="/wiki/Infertility" title="Infertility">infertility</a> are caused by fallopian tube pathologies. These include <a href="/wiki/Salpingitis" title="Salpingitis">inflammation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fallopian_tube_obstruction" title="Fallopian tube obstruction">tubal obstructions</a>. A number of tubal pathologies cause damage to the cilia of the tube, which can impede movement of the sperm or egg.<sup id="cite_ref-Briceag_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Briceag-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name comes from the <a href="/wiki/Italians" title="Italians">Italian</a> <a href="/wiki/Catholic_priest" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic priest">Catholic priest</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anatomist" class="mw-redirect" title="Anatomist">anatomist</a> <a href="/wiki/Gabriele_Falloppio" title="Gabriele Falloppio">Gabriele Falloppio</a>, for whom other anatomical structures are also named.<sup id="cite_ref-Castro_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Castro-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each fallopian tube leaves the uterus at an opening at the <a href="/wiki/Uterine_horn" class="mw-redirect" title="Uterine horn">uterine horns</a> known as the <b>proximal tubal opening</b> or <i>proximal ostium</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tubes have an average length of 10–14 centimeters (3.9–5.5 in)<sup id="cite_ref-emed2018_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emed2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that includes the intramural part of the tube. The tubes extend to near the ovaries where they open into the abdomen at the <b>distal tubal openings</b>. In other <a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">mammals</a>, the fallopian tube is called the <a href="/wiki/Oviduct" title="Oviduct">oviduct</a>, which may also be used in reference to the fallopian tube in the <a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">human</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JoE_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JoE-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Harris_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fallopian tubes are held in place by the <a href="/wiki/Mesosalpinx" title="Mesosalpinx">mesosalpinx</a> a part of the <a href="/wiki/Broad_ligament" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad ligament">broad ligament</a> <a href="/wiki/Mesentery" title="Mesentery">mesentery</a> that wraps around the tubes. Another part of the broad ligament, the <a href="/wiki/Mesovarium" title="Mesovarium">mesovarium</a> suspends the ovaries in place.<sup id="cite_ref-Craig_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Craig-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parts">Parts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each tube is composed of four parts: from inside the proximal tubal opening the intramural or interstitial part, that links to the narrow isthmus, the isthmus connects to the larger ampulla, which connects with the infundibulum and its associated fimbriae that opens into the <a href="/wiki/Peritoneal_cavity" title="Peritoneal cavity">peritoneal cavity</a> from the distal tubal opening.<sup id="cite_ref-Gray's2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gray's2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Intramural_part">Intramural part</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Intramural part"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The intramural part or interstitial part of the fallopian tube lies in the <a href="/wiki/Myometrium" title="Myometrium">myometrium</a>, the muscular wall of the uterus. This is the narrowest part of the tube that crosses the uterus wall to connect with the isthmus. The intramural part is 0.7 mm wide and 1 cm long.<sup id="cite_ref-Gray's2_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gray's2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Isthmus">Isthmus</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Isthmus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The narrow isthmus links the tube to the uterus, and connects to the ampulla. The isthmus is a rounded, and firm muscular part of the tube. The isthmus is 1–5 mm wide, and 3 cm long.<sup id="cite_ref-Gray's2_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gray's2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The isthmus contains a large number of secretory cells.<sup id="cite_ref-JoE_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JoE-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ampulla">Ampulla</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ampulla"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ampulla is the major part of the fallopian tube. The ampulla is the widest part of the tube with a maximal luminal diameter of 1 cm, and a length of 5 cm. It curves over the ovary, and is the primary site of fertilization.<sup id="cite_ref-Gray's2_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gray's2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ampulla contains a large number of ciliated epithelial cells.<sup id="cite_ref-JoE_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JoE-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is thin walled with a much folded luminal surface, and opens into the infundibulum.<sup id="cite_ref-Gray's2_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gray's2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Infundibulum">Infundibulum</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Infundibulum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The infundibulum opens into the abdomen at the distal tubal opening and rests above the ovary. Most cells here are ciliated epithelial cells.<sup id="cite_ref-JoE_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JoE-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opening is surrounded by <b>fimbriae</b>, which help in the collection of the oocyte after ovulation.<sup id="cite_ref-emed2018_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emed2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fimbriae (singular fimbria) is a fringe of densely ciliated tissue projections of approximately 1 mm in width around the distal tubal opening, oriented towards the ovary.<sup id="cite_ref-Gray's2_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gray's2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are attached to the ends of the infundibulum, extending from its inner circumference, and muscular wall.<sup id="cite_ref-Gray's2_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gray's2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cilia beat towards the fallopian tube.<sup id="cite_ref-Gray's2_12-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gray's2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of all the fimbriae, one fimbria known as the <b>ovarian fimbria</b> is long enough to reach and make contact with the near part of the ovary during ovulation.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gray's2_12-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gray's2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fimbriae have a higher density of blood vessels than the other parts of the tube, and the ovarian fimbria is seen to have an even higher density.<sup id="cite_ref-Castro_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Castro-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An ovary is not directly connected to its adjacent fallopian tube. When ovulation is about to occur, the <a href="/wiki/Sex_hormones" class="mw-redirect" title="Sex hormones">sex hormones</a> activate the fimbriae,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> causing them to swell with blood, extend, and hit the ovary in a gentle, sweeping motion. An oocyte is released from the ovary into the peritoneal cavity and the cilia of the fimbriae sweep it into the fallopian tube. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Microanatomy">Microanatomy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Microanatomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Histology_of_ciliated_columnar_epithelium_of_the_fallopian_tube.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Histology_of_ciliated_columnar_epithelium_of_the_fallopian_tube.jpg/220px-Histology_of_ciliated_columnar_epithelium_of_the_fallopian_tube.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Histology_of_ciliated_columnar_epithelium_of_the_fallopian_tube.jpg/330px-Histology_of_ciliated_columnar_epithelium_of_the_fallopian_tube.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Histology_of_ciliated_columnar_epithelium_of_the_fallopian_tube.jpg/440px-Histology_of_ciliated_columnar_epithelium_of_the_fallopian_tube.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1219" data-file-height="783" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Micrograph" title="Micrograph">Micrograph</a> of <a href="/wiki/Simple_columnar_epithelium#Ciliated" title="Simple columnar epithelium">ciliated columnar epithelium</a> of the fallopian tube</figcaption></figure> <p>When <a href="/wiki/Histology" title="Histology">viewed under the microscope</a>, the fallopian tube has three layers.<sup id="cite_ref-Tortora_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tortora-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From outer to inner, these are the <a href="/wiki/Serosa" class="mw-redirect" title="Serosa">serosa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muscularis_mucosae" title="Muscularis mucosae">muscularis mucosae</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Mucosa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mucosa">mucosa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Proteinatlas_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Proteinatlas-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rigby_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rigby-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The outermost covering layer of <a href="/wiki/Serous_membrane" title="Serous membrane">serous membrane</a> is known as the serosa.<sup id="cite_ref-Tortora_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tortora-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The serosa is derived from the visceral <a href="/wiki/Peritoneum" title="Peritoneum">peritoneum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The muscularis mucosae consists of an outer ring of <a href="/wiki/Smooth_muscle" title="Smooth muscle">smooth muscle</a> arranged longitudinally, and a thick inner circular ring of smooth muscle.<sup id="cite_ref-Tortora_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tortora-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This layer is responsible for the rhythmic <a href="/wiki/Peristaltic" class="mw-redirect" title="Peristaltic">peristaltic</a> contractions of the fallopian tubes, that with the cilia move the egg cell towards the uterus.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The innermost mucosa is made up of a layer of luminal epithelium, and an underlying thin layer of <a href="/wiki/Loose_connective_tissue" title="Loose connective tissue">loose connective tissue</a> the <a href="/wiki/Lamina_propria" title="Lamina propria">lamina propria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rigby_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rigby-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are three different cell types in the epithelium. Around 25% of the cells are ciliated columnar cells; around 60% are secretory cells, and the rest are <a href="/wiki/Peg_cell" title="Peg cell">peg cells</a> thought to be a secretory cell variant.<sup id="cite_ref-emed2018_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emed2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ciliated cells are most numerous in the infundibulum, and the ampulla. <a href="/wiki/Estrogen" title="Estrogen">Estrogen</a> increases the formation of cilia on these cells. Peg cells are shorter, have surface <a href="/wiki/Microvilli" class="mw-redirect" title="Microvilli">microvilli</a>, and are located between the other epithelial cells.<sup id="cite_ref-Tortora_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tortora-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The presence of <a href="/wiki/Immune_cell" class="mw-redirect" title="Immune cell">immune cells</a> in the mucosa has also been reported with the main type being <a href="/wiki/Cytotoxic_T_cell" title="Cytotoxic T cell">CD8<sup>+</sup> T-cells</a>. Other cells found are <a href="/wiki/B_lymphocyte" class="mw-redirect" title="B lymphocyte">B lymphocytes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macrophage" title="Macrophage">macrophages</a>, <a href="/wiki/NK_cell" class="mw-redirect" title="NK cell">NK cells</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dendritic_cell" title="Dendritic cell">dendritic cells</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rigby_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rigby-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The histological features of tube vary along its length. The mucosa of the ampulla contains an extensive array of complex folds, whereas the relatively narrow isthmus has a thick muscular coat and simple mucosal folds.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mullerian_duct_development.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Mullerian_duct_development.png/330px-Mullerian_duct_development.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Mullerian_duct_development.png/495px-Mullerian_duct_development.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Mullerian_duct_development.png 2x" data-file-width="602" data-file-height="448" /></a><figcaption>Stages of development of the <a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCllerian_duct" class="mw-redirect" title="Müllerian duct">Müllerian ducts</a> (paramesonephric ducts) and their normal and abnormal development</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Embryo" title="Embryo">Embryos</a> develop a <a href="/wiki/Genital_ridge" title="Genital ridge">genital ridge</a> that forms at their tail end and eventually forms the basis for the <a href="/wiki/Urinary_system" title="Urinary system">urinary system</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reproductive_tract" class="mw-redirect" title="Reproductive tract">reproductive tracts</a>. Either side and to the front of this tract, around the sixth week develops a duct called the <a href="/wiki/Paramesonephric_duct" title="Paramesonephric duct">paramesonephric duct</a>, also called the Müllerian duct.<sup id="cite_ref-Blausteins2011_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blausteins2011-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A second duct, the <a href="/wiki/Mesonephric_duct" title="Mesonephric duct">mesonephric duct</a>, develops adjacent to this. Both ducts become longer over the next two weeks, and the paramesonephric ducts around the eighth week cross to meet in the midline and fuse.<sup id="cite_ref-Blausteins2011_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blausteins2011-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One duct then regresses, with this depending on whether the embryo is genetically <a href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">female</a> or <a href="/wiki/Male" title="Male">male</a>. In females, the paramesonephric duct remains, and eventually forms the female reproductive tract.<sup id="cite_ref-Blausteins2011_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blausteins2011-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The portions of the paramesonephric duct, which are more <a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_location#cranial" title="Anatomical terms of location">cranial</a>—that is, further from the tail-end, end up forming the fallopian tubes.<sup id="cite_ref-Blausteins2011_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blausteins2011-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In males, because of the presence of the Y sex <a href="/wiki/Chromosome" title="Chromosome">chromosome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anti-M%C3%BCllerian_hormone" title="Anti-Müllerian hormone">anti-Müllerian hormone</a> is produced. This leads to the degeneration of the paramesonephric duct.<sup id="cite_ref-Blausteins2011_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blausteins2011-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the uterus develops, the part of the fallopian tubes closer to the uterus, the ampulla, becomes larger. Extensions from the fallopian tubes, the fimbriae, develop over time. Cell markers have been identified in the fimbriae, which suggests that their embryonic origin is different from that of the other tube segments.<sup id="cite_ref-Castro_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Castro-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Apart from the presence of sex chromosomes, specific genes associated with the development of the fallopian tubes include the <a href="/wiki/Wnt_signaling_pathway" title="Wnt signaling pathway">Wnt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hox_gene" title="Hox gene">Hox</a> groups of genes, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lim1_(gene)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lim1 (gene) (page does not exist)">Lim1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pax2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pax2 (page does not exist)">Pax2</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Emx2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emx2 (page does not exist)">Emx2</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Blausteins2011_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blausteins2011-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Embryo" title="Embryo">Embryos</a> have two pairs of ducts that will let <a href="/wiki/Gamete" title="Gamete">gametes</a> out of the body when they are adults; the <a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCllerian_duct" class="mw-redirect" title="Müllerian duct">Müllerian ducts</a> develop in females into the fallopian tubes, uterus, and <a href="/wiki/Vagina" title="Vagina">vagina</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Function">Function</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Function"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fertilization">Fertilization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Fertilization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Human_fertilization" title="Human fertilization">Human fertilization</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fertilization.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Fertilization.jpg/220px-Fertilization.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Fertilization.jpg/330px-Fertilization.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Fertilization.jpg/440px-Fertilization.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>After <a href="/wiki/Ovulation" title="Ovulation">ovulation</a>, the egg (<a href="/wiki/Oocyte" title="Oocyte">oocyte</a>) passes from the ovary (left) through the fallopian tube to the uterus (right). </figcaption></figure> <p>The fallopian tube allows the passage of an egg from the ovary to the uterus. When an <a href="/wiki/Ovum" class="mw-redirect" title="Ovum">oocyte</a> is developing in an ovary, it is surrounded by a spherical collection of cells known as an <a href="/wiki/Ovarian_follicle" title="Ovarian follicle">ovarian follicle</a>. Just before ovulation, the primary oocyte completes <a href="/wiki/Meiosis_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Meiosis I">meiosis I</a> to form the first <a href="/wiki/Polar_body" title="Polar body">polar body</a> and a secondary oocyte, which is arrested in <a href="/wiki/Metaphase" title="Metaphase">metaphase</a> of <a href="/wiki/Meiosis_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Meiosis II">meiosis II</a>. </p><p>At the time of <a href="/wiki/Ovulation" title="Ovulation">ovulation</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Menstrual_cycle" title="Menstrual cycle">menstrual cycle</a>, the secondary oocyte is released from the ovary. The follicle and the ovary's wall rupture, allowing the secondary oocyte to escape. The secondary oocyte is caught by the fimbriated end of the fallopian tube and travels to the ampulla. Here, the egg is able to become fertilized with sperm. The ampulla is typically where the sperm are met and fertilization occurs; meiosis II is promptly completed. After fertilization, the ovum is now called a <a href="/wiki/Zygote" title="Zygote">zygote</a> and travels toward the uterus with the aid of the hairlike <a href="/wiki/Cilia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cilia">cilia</a> and the activity of the muscle of the fallopian tube. The early embryo requires critical development in the fallopian tube.<sup id="cite_ref-JoE_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JoE-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After about five days, the new <a href="/wiki/Embryo" title="Embryo">embryo</a> enters the <a href="/wiki/Uterine_cavity" title="Uterine cavity">uterine cavity</a> and, on about the sixth day, begins to <a href="/wiki/Implantation_(human_embryo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Implantation (human embryo)">implant</a> on the wall of the uterus. </p><p>The release of an oocyte does not alternate between the two ovaries and seems to be random. After removal of an ovary, the remaining one produces an egg every month.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clinical_significance">Clinical significance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Clinical significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Infertility" title="Infertility">Infertility</a></div> <p>Almost a third of cases of <a href="/wiki/Infertility" title="Infertility">infertility</a> are caused by fallopian tube pathologies. These include inflammation, and <a href="/wiki/Fallopian_tube_obstruction" title="Fallopian tube obstruction">tubal obstructions</a>. A number of tubal pathologies cause damage to the cilia of the tube, which can impede movement of the sperm or egg. A number of <a href="/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_infection" title="Sexually transmitted infection">sexually transmitted infections</a> can lead to infertility.<sup id="cite_ref-Briceag_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Briceag-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inflammation">Inflammation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Inflammation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Salpingitis" title="Salpingitis">Salpingitis</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Salpingitis" title="Salpingitis">Salpingitis</a> is inflammation of the fallopian tubes and may be found alone, or with other <a href="/wiki/Pelvic_inflammatory_disease" title="Pelvic inflammatory disease">pelvic inflammatory diseases</a> (PIDs). A thickening of the fallopian tube at its narrow isthmus portion, due to inflammation, is known as <a href="/wiki/Salpingitis_isthmica_nodosa" title="Salpingitis isthmica nodosa">salpingitis isthmica nodosa</a>. Like another PID <a href="/wiki/Endometriosis" title="Endometriosis">endometriosis</a>, it may lead to <a href="/wiki/Fallopian_tube_obstruction" title="Fallopian tube obstruction">fallopian tube obstruction</a>. Fallopian tube obstruction may be a cause of <a href="/wiki/Infertility" title="Infertility">infertility</a> or <a href="/wiki/Ectopic_pregnancy" title="Ectopic pregnancy">ectopic pregnancy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-emedicine_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emedicine-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blockage_or_narrowing">Blockage or narrowing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Blockage or narrowing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fallopian_tube_obstruction" title="Fallopian tube obstruction">Fallopian tube obstruction</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Gynecologic_ultrasonography" title="Gynecologic ultrasonography">Gynecologic ultrasonography</a></div> <p>If a <a href="/wiki/Fallopian_tube_obstruction" title="Fallopian tube obstruction">blocked fallopian tube</a> has affected fertility, its repair where possible may increase the chances of becoming pregnant.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tubal obstruction can be <a href="/wiki/Fallopian_tube_obstruction#Types" title="Fallopian tube obstruction">proximal, distal or mid-segmental</a>. Tubal obstruction is a major cause of infertility but full testing of tubal functions is not possible. However, the testing of patency – whether or not the tubes are open can be carried out using <a href="/wiki/Hysterosalpingography" title="Hysterosalpingography">hysterosalpingography</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chromopertubation" title="Chromopertubation">laparoscopy and dye</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Hystero_contrast_sonography" title="Hystero contrast sonography">hystero contrast sonography</a> (HyCoSy). During surgery, the condition of the tubes may be inspected and a dye such as <a href="/wiki/Methylene_blue" title="Methylene blue">methylene blue</a> can be injected into the uterus and shown to pass through the tubes when the <a href="/wiki/Cervix" title="Cervix">cervix</a> is occluded. As tubal disease is often related to <a href="/wiki/Chlamydia_infection" class="mw-redirect" title="Chlamydia infection"><i>Chlamydia</i> infection</a>, testing for <a href="/wiki/Chlamydia_antibodies" title="Chlamydia antibodies"><i>Chlamydia</i> antibodies</a> has become a cost-effective screening device for tubal pathology.<sup id="cite_ref-coog_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coog-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ectopic_pregnancy">Ectopic pregnancy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Ectopic pregnancy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ectopic_pregnancy" title="Ectopic pregnancy">Ectopic pregnancy</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ectopic_Pregnancy.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Ectopic_Pregnancy.png/220px-Ectopic_Pregnancy.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Ectopic_Pregnancy.png/330px-Ectopic_Pregnancy.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Ectopic_Pregnancy.png/440px-Ectopic_Pregnancy.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="685" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Implantation_(embryology)" title="Implantation (embryology)">Implantation</a> sites resulting in normal or <a href="/wiki/Ectopic_pregnancies" class="mw-redirect" title="Ectopic pregnancies">ectopic pregnancies</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Occasionally the embryo <a href="/wiki/Implantation_(embryology)" title="Implantation (embryology)">implants</a> outside of the uterus, creating an <a href="/wiki/Ectopic_pregnancy" title="Ectopic pregnancy">ectopic pregnancy</a>. Most ectopic pregnancies occur in the fallopian tube, and are commonly known as <i>tubal pregnancies</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Surgery">Surgery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Surgery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fallopian_Tube_Surgical_Procedures.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Fallopian_Tube_Surgical_Procedures.png/220px-Fallopian_Tube_Surgical_Procedures.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Fallopian_Tube_Surgical_Procedures.png/330px-Fallopian_Tube_Surgical_Procedures.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Fallopian_Tube_Surgical_Procedures.png/440px-Fallopian_Tube_Surgical_Procedures.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1236" /></a><figcaption>Example and location of some surgical procedures performed on the fallopian tubes</figcaption></figure> <p>The surgical removal of a fallopian tube is called a <a href="/wiki/Salpingectomy" title="Salpingectomy">salpingectomy</a>. To remove both tubes is a bilateral salpingectomy. An operation that combines the removal of a fallopian tube with the removal of at least one ovary is a <a href="/wiki/Oophorectomy" title="Oophorectomy">salpingo-oophorectomy</a>. An operation to remove a fallopian tube obstruction is called a <a href="/wiki/Tuboplasty" title="Tuboplasty">tuboplasty</a>. A surgical procedure to <a href="/wiki/Sterilization_(medicine)" title="Sterilization (medicine)">permanently prevent conception</a> is <a href="/wiki/Tubal_ligation" title="Tubal ligation">tubal ligation</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cancer">Cancer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Cancer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fallopian_tube_cancer" title="Fallopian tube cancer">Fallopian tube cancer</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Fallopian_tube_cancer" title="Fallopian tube cancer">Fallopian tube cancer</a>, which typically arises from the <a href="/wiki/Epithelial" class="mw-redirect" title="Epithelial">epithelial</a> lining of the fallopian tube, has historically been considered to be a very rare malignancy. Evidence suggests it probably represents a significant portion of what has previously been classified as <a href="/wiki/Ovarian_cancer" title="Ovarian cancer">ovarian cancer</a>, as much as 80 per cent. These are classed as <a href="/wiki/Serous_carcinoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Serous carcinoma">serous carcinomas</a>, and are usually located in the fimbriated distal tube.<sup id="cite_ref-Berek_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Berek-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In rare cases, a fallopian tube may <a href="/wiki/Pelvic_organ_prolapse" title="Pelvic organ prolapse">prolapse</a> into the vaginal canal following a <a href="/wiki/Hysterectomy" title="Hysterectomy">hysterectomy</a>. The swollen fimbriae can have the appearance of an <a href="/wiki/Adenocarcinoma" title="Adenocarcinoma">adenocarcinoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Eponym#Capitalized_versus_lowercase" title="Eponym">Eponym § Capitalized versus lowercase</a></div> <p>The Greek doctor Herophilus, in his treatise on midwifery, points out the existence of the two ducts that he supposed transported "female semen". Then Galen, already in the modern era, described that the paired ducts indicated by Herophilus were connected to the uterus. </p><p>In 1561, the Renaissance doctor <a href="/wiki/Gabriele_Falloppio" title="Gabriele Falloppio">Gabriele Falloppio</a> published his book <a href="/w/index.php?title=Observationes_Anatomicae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Observationes Anatomicae (page does not exist)">Observationes Anatomicae</a>. Its contribution is a detailed description of the "tubal" of the uterus and its different portions, with its farthest (distal) end open towards the abdomen, and the other (proximal) connected to the uterus.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though the name <i>Fallopian tube</i> is <a href="/wiki/Eponymous" class="mw-redirect" title="Eponymous">eponymous</a>, it is often spelt with a lower case <i>f</i> from the assumption that the adjective <i>fallopian</i> has been absorbed into modern English as the <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">de facto</i></span></i> name for the structure. <a href="/wiki/Merriam-Webster" title="Merriam-Webster">Merriam-Webster</a> dictionary for example lists <i>fallopian tube</i>, often spelt <i>Fallopian tube</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-MW3_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MW3-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_images">Additional images</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Additional images"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Illu_ovary.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image showing numbered parts of the fallopian tubes and surrounding structures"><img alt="Image showing numbered parts of the fallopian tubes and surrounding structures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Illu_ovary.jpg/120px-Illu_ovary.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Illu_ovary.jpg/180px-Illu_ovary.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Illu_ovary.jpg/240px-Illu_ovary.jpg 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="232" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Image showing numbered parts of the fallopian tubes and surrounding structures</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scheme_female_reproductive_system-number-full-cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Female reproductive system numbered parts"><img alt="Female reproductive system numbered parts" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Scheme_female_reproductive_system-number-full-cropped.svg/120px-Scheme_female_reproductive_system-number-full-cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Scheme_female_reproductive_system-number-full-cropped.svg/180px-Scheme_female_reproductive_system-number-full-cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Scheme_female_reproductive_system-number-full-cropped.svg/240px-Scheme_female_reproductive_system-number-full-cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="343" data-file-height="281" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Female reproductive system numbered parts</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray1161.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image showing the right fallopian tube (here labeled the uterine tube) seen from behind. The uterus, ovaries and right broad ligament are labeled."><img alt="Image showing the right fallopian tube (here labeled the uterine tube) seen from behind. The uterus, ovaries and right broad ligament are labeled." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Gray1161.png/120px-Gray1161.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Gray1161.png/180px-Gray1161.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Gray1161.png/240px-Gray1161.png 2x" data-file-width="911" data-file-height="655" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Image showing the right fallopian tube (here labeled the uterine tube) seen from behind. The uterus, ovaries and right broad ligament are labeled.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Normal_Fallopian_Tube,_Human.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cross-section of fallopian tube, stained and viewed under microscope"><img alt="Cross-section of fallopian tube, stained and viewed under microscope" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Normal_Fallopian_Tube%2C_Human.jpg/120px-Normal_Fallopian_Tube%2C_Human.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Normal_Fallopian_Tube%2C_Human.jpg/180px-Normal_Fallopian_Tube%2C_Human.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Normal_Fallopian_Tube%2C_Human.jpg/240px-Normal_Fallopian_Tube%2C_Human.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1430" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cross-section of fallopian tube, <a href="/wiki/Histology" title="Histology">stained</a> and viewed under microscope</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallopian_tube&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text in the <a 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title="Epoophoron">Epoophora</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vesicular_appendages_of_epoophoron" title="Vesicular appendages of epoophoron">Vesicular appendages</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paroophoron" title="Paroophoron">Paroophora</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Uterus" title="Uterus">Uterus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uterus#Structure" title="Uterus">Body</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uterine_cavity" title="Uterine cavity">Cavity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uterus#Structure" 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title="Uterosacral ligament">Uterosacral ligaments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pubocervical_ligament" title="Pubocervical ligament">Pubocervical ligaments</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uterine_gland" title="Uterine gland">Glands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urogenital_diaphragm" title="Urogenital diaphragm">Urogenital diaphragm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vestibular glands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bartholin%27s_gland" title="Bartholin's gland">Bartholin's glands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skene%27s_gland" title="Skene's gland">Skene's glands</a></li></ul> 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