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| Normal Fallopian Tube | ||
| Etiology • Not applicable. | ||
| Pathogenesis • Not applicable., | ||
| Epidemiology • Not applicable. | ||
| General Gross Description • Measure 11-12 cms x 0.5-1.0 cms in diameter • Run in the upper portion of the broad ligament from the uterine cornu to the ovary • Intramural portion extends from the uterine cornu through the myometrium • Intramural portion opens into isthmus, then ampulla, and finally fimbria • Infundibulum opens into the peritoneal cavity with the aperture surrounded by 25 fimbriae • One fimbrium drapes over the ovary to form the ovarian bursa • Cut surface shows longitudinal folds = plicae • Supplied by branches of the ovarian and uterine vessels • Lymphatics drain to lumbar and periaortic nodes •Examples: | ||
| General Microscopic Description • Ciliated cells most prominent at ovarian end of tube • Secretory cells most numerous at uterine end of tube with ovoid nuclei and apical vacuoles. • Intercalated or peg cells may be reserve cells •Examples: | ||
| References • Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL: Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. 5th ed. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1994, pp. 1034-5 This link will directly take you to the relevant new literature Normal Fallopian Tube
| Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (T86100M00100)[251]
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