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oviduct::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fallopian tube, uterine tube |
| Type of | female internal reproductive organ, salpinx |
Examples of oviduct
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In the third type, the oocytes are conveyed to the exterior through the oviduct.
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In the second type, the oocytes are conveyed to the exterior through the oviduct.
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It helps sperm swim through the oviduct to the egg and without it sperm get stuck.
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In contrast, birds have only one functional oviduct and lay one egg at a time.
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In females, the ovaries each open into an oviduct and then a glandular uterus.
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It's much easier for scientists to obtain eggs from the ovary than from the oviduct.
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At the start of its passage down the oviduct, the egg is soft-shelled and spherical.
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The question is, how were the developing embryos fed while in the oviduct?
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More advanced embryos had shed their shells and attached themselves to the oviduct wall.
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- Fallopian tube: either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus
- In non-mammalian vertebrates, the passageway from the ovaries to the outside of the body is known as the oviduct. The eggs travel along the oviduct. These eggs will either be fertilized by sperm to become a zygote, or will degenerate in the body. ...
- (Oviducts) The Fallopian tubes, named after Gabriel Fallopius (Gabriele Falloppio), also known as oviducts, uterine tubes, and salpinges (singular salpinx) are two very fine tubes lined with ciliated epithelia, leading from the ovaries of female mammals into the uterus, via the utero-tubal ...
- A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior
- (oviducts) a tube that allows passage of the eggs
- An often complex female organ connecting the ovaries to the oopores. In the Asellota, it consists of the following functional subsections: outer tissues surrounding internal parts; spermatheca, which may or may not be covered with cuticle; and cuticular organ, an often complex cuticular tube.
- The tract within a female bird through which the ovum or egg passes.
- A short, usually tubular, thick-walled part of the female reproductive system between the ovary and spermatheca. (14)
- Section of female reproductive system leading from dorsal ovary around right or left side of intestine to gonopore.
