Fimbria (female reproductive system)

Fimbria (female reproductive system)
Uterus and uterine tubes
1: Ovary 2: Medial surface 3: Lateral surface 4: Free border 5: Mesovarial margin 6: Tubal extremity 7: Uterine extremity 8: Oviduct (fallopian tube) 9: Opening of fallopian tube 10: Infundibulum of fallopian tube 11: Fimbriae of fallopian tube 12: Ovarian fimbria 13: Ampulla of fallopian tube 14: Isthmus of fallopian tube 15: Uterine part of fallopian tube 16: Uterine opening of fallopian tube
Latin	fimbria ovarica
Gray's	subject #267 1257
Dorlands/Elsevier	f_07/14185583

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Overview

In the female reproductive system, the fimbria (plural, fimbriae) is a fringe of tissue around the ostium of the Fallopian tube, in the direction of the ovary.

An ovary is not directly connected to its adjacent Fallopian tube. When ovulation is about to occur, the sex hormones activate the fimbriae, causing it to hit the ovary in a gentle, sweeping motion. An oocyte is released from the ovary into the peritoneal cavity and the cilia of the fimbriae sweep the ovum into the Fallopian tube.

Not all fimbriae, but only the ovarian fibria]] is long enough to reach to ovary.

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  Uterus and right broad ligament, seen from behind.

External links

• Histology at Boston University 18501loa - "Female Reproductive System: oviduct; infundibulum and fimbria"
• SUNY Figs 43:02-08 - "Posterior view of the broad ligament of the uterus, on the left side."
• SUNY Anatomy Image 9646
• Microsurgery of the fallopian tube: from fantasy to reality
• Peritoneal fluid in endometriosis