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MeSH Heading: Fallopian Tubes
Tree Number(s): A05.360.319.114.373; A13.706.500
Unique ID: D005187
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005187
Annotation: mammalian only; non-mammalian use OVIDUCTS; inflammation = SALPINGITIS; tubal sterilization = STERILIZATION, TUBAL; "fallopian" is not capitalized in titles or translations
Scope Note: A pair of highly specialized canals extending from the UTERUS to its corresponding OVARY. They provide the means for OVUM transport from the ovaries and they are the site of the ovum's final maturation and FERTILIZATION. The fallopian tube consists of an interstitium, an isthmus, an ampulla, an infundibulum, and fimbriae. Its wall consists of three layers: serous, muscular, and an internal mucosal layer lined with both ciliated and secretory cells.
Entry Term(s): Fallopian Tube; Oviducts, Mammalian; Salpinges, Uterine; Salpinx, Uterine; Uterine Salpinges; Uterine Salpinx; Uterine Tubes
See Also: Hysterosalpingography; Oviducts; Salpingostomy; Sterilization, Tubal
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/06/09

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0008175
Scope Note: A pair of highly specialized canals extending from the UTERUS to its corresponding OVARY. They provide the means for OVUM transport from the ovaries and they are the site of the ovum's final maturation and FERTILIZATION. The fallopian tube consists of an interstitium, an isthmus, an ampulla, an infundibulum, and fimbriae. Its wall consists of three layers: serous, muscular, and an internal mucosal layer lined with both ciliated and secretory cells.
Terms: Fallopian Tubes Preferred Term
Term UI T015887
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1963); Uterine Salpinges
Term UI T000994118
Date10/08/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Salpinx, Uterine
Term UI T000994117
Date10/08/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Oviducts, Mammalian
Term UI T015888
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Uterine Tubes
Term UI T470412
Date11/19/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Fallopian Tube
Term UI T639927
Date05/06/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Salpinges, Uterine
Term UI T000994116
Date10/08/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Uterine Salpinx
Term UI T000994119
Date10/08/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

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