oviduct

Noun

Meaning

A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fallopian tube uterine tube salpinx canal intestine duct ovary pore vagina oviducal intrafallopian gonaduct oviductal uterine tubes

Hypernyms

salpinx female internal reproductive organ

Examples

After fertilization, the conceptus travels down the oviduct towards the uterus while continuing to divide O’Reilly, Deirdre. Source: Internet

NICE clinical guideline CG156 - Issued: February 2013 Epidemiology An opened oviduct with an ectopic pregnancy at about 7 weeks gestational age. Source: Internet

Physiology : The directional beating of multiciliated cells is essential to development and homeostasis in the central nervous system, the airway, and the oviduct. Source: Internet

This stimulates the secretion of fluids rich in lipids and mucoproteins on which they feed along with scrapings from the oviduct wall. Source: Internet

Up to nine larvae can develop in the oviduct at any one time. Source: Internet

While modern birds have only one functional oviduct and lay one egg at a time, more primitive birds and dinosaurs had two oviducts, like crocodiles. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ovidian ovidore oviducal oviductal oviductosome Oviedan