Fallopian tubes

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  • Created on: 23-01-19 21:32
Dimensions
10cm long, 1cm diameter and 6cm wide
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Come from
Extend laterally from uterus
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Functions
Provides a pathway for spermatoza, properls ovum to uterus where conception happens, provides fertilized ovum with nutrients
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How does zygote move
Movement of cilia and contractions of the muscular layer
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Intestinal dimensions
1.2cm long 1mm lumen runs within uterine wall
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Ampulla
where fertilisation happens, long and wide, 5cm long
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Isthmus
2.5cm from uterine wall
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Infundibulum
funnel shapped ends in fimbriae
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Lumen
Mucus membrane of ciliated epithelium folded to show the ovum on its way down the uterus
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Peristatic movement
Vascular connective tissue, inner circular muscle and outer longtitudinal muscle layer, peritoneum covers tube
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Come from

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Extend laterally from uterus

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Functions

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How does zygote move

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Intestinal dimensions

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