The oviduct in vertebrates is the passageway from an ovary. In human females, this is more usually known as the fallopian tube. The eggs travel along...
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which the oviduct is thinner and the atrium is larger and contains the ligula. Arion flagellus also has a ligula in the dilated part of the oviduct, but the...
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line the oviduct. This stimulates the secretion of fluids rich in lipids and mucoproteins on which they feed along with scrapings from the oviduct wall....
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This shape results from the egg being forced through the oviduct. Muscles contract the oviduct behind the egg, pushing it forward. The egg's wall is still...
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such as birds and reptiles, including most ovoviviparous species, have an oviduct instead of a uterus. However, recent research into the biology of the viviparous...
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The fallopian tubes, also known as uterine tubes, oviducts or salpinges (sg.: salpinx), are paired tubes in the human female body that stretch from the...
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eggs hatch in the oviduct within the mother's body and that the egg's yolk and fluids secreted by glands in the walls of the oviduct nourishes the embryos...
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Oviduct-specific glycoprotein also known as oviductal glycoprotein (OGP) or estrogen-dependent oviduct protein, oviductin or mucin-9 is a protein that...
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ova. When an ovum is released, this travels through the fallopian tube/oviduct into the uterus. There is an ovary (from Latin ōvārium 'egg, nut') found...
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little shorter than the body. The abdomen is glabrous, with a protruding oviduct. This species is present in central and southern Europe, Asia (Japan, China...
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