Anatomy study note · Pelvis

Uterine tube

A tube about 10 cm long in the upper free border of the broad ligament, connecting the peritoneal cavity near the ovary with the uterine cavity.

Key points

• Infundibulum (fimbriae) → ampulla → isthmus → intramural part.
• Fertilization usually in the ampulla.
• Ectopic pregnancy → rupture, blood in the pouch of Douglas.
• Route for ascending infection (PID).
• Uterine tube: unfused paramesonephric duct.
• Peg cells + ciliated cells.
• Fertilization in the ampulla.

The full note in the atlas also covers

Features · Action · Blood supply · Lymph drainage · Histology · Development · Clinical notes

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 9, PDF pp. 1120–1126
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 16, PDF pp. 277, 290–291
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 19, PDF pp. 349–350, 353

More from the pelvis

• Uterus
• Vagina
• Coccygeus
• Coccyx
• Hip bone
• Internal iliac artery
• Internal iliac vein
• Levator ani
• Ligaments of the uterus
• Obturator internus
• Obturator membrane
• Obturator nerve

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