oviduct (o've-dukt)

Syn.: fallopian tube. A muscular tube, usually about 4 in. long, pa ing from a cornu of the uterus in a lateral direction and opening into the peritoneal cavity. It is muscular and lined with mucous membrane showing longitudinal folds and covered with ciliated epithelium. It serves to convey the ovum into the cavity of the uterus. fimbriated extremity of the o. The abdominal extremity of the o., which divides into a number of radiating proce es (fimbriae) in the middle of which is the abdominal opening of the o. One of these proce es is longer than the others and is attached to the upper end of the ovary. [Lat., ovum, egg, 4- ducere, to lead.]