What are Fallopian Tubes?
• Answerer 1 I believe the fallopian tubes carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus. • 4 months ago Sign in to vote! 0 Rating: Good Answer 0 Rating: Bad Answer Report Abuse • Answerer 2 the egg is released form the ovary, goes down the fallopian tupe to the uterus were it waits to get fertalized, then it travels back up the fallopian tubes… google function of fallopian tubes… • 4 months ago Sign in to vote! 0 Rating: Good Answer 0 Rating: Bad Answer Report Abuse • Answerer 3 Okay. So you have your uterus, your ovaries, and your fallopian tubes. Of course the uterus is where the egg implants after it is fertilized. The ovaries are where the eggs come out of, and the fallopian tubes are just a long tube pretty much the connect the ovaries to the uterus. Source(s): http://www.sharedjourney.com/define/fall… • 4 months ago Sign in to vote!
The fallopian tubes are tubes present in female humans and female mammals that serve an extremely important purpose in fertilization. Essentially, they provide a connection between ovaries and the uterus. This allows for an egg or ovum to journey down the fallopian tube from an ovary into the uterus. It is important to note that the fallopian tubes are not directly joined to the ovaries as they are often depicted in drawings. In fact they open into the peritoneal or abdominal cavity in very close proximity to the ovaries. They can even move prior to the ovulation each month. Some studies of the female reproductive system have captured pictures of the fallopian tubes lying on top of the uterus, instead of next to it on each side. Thus they are not the static tubes which form the familiar picture of the reproductive system in females. During ovulation, however, the fallopian tubes are essentially the catchers of the egg. They will accept the egg and push it down the tube by using tiny fo
The fallopian tubes are about four to five inches long with flowery-like fingers called fimbria at their ends. The fimbria gently sweeps over the surface of the ovary, searching for the newly released egg. Once the fimbria finds the tiny egg, they will guide it into the fallopian tube. The egg is moved down the fallopian tube by tiny hair- like strands called cilia. Cilia are hundreds of times smaller than a single hair. The cilia move the egg like thousands of tiny hands passing it from one set of hands to the next. The egg takes three to four days to travel the five inches from the fallopian tube to the uterus.
