FALLOPIAN TUBES ::
These tubes one on each side of the top of the uterus are hollow from inside and open on respective sides of the uterus The outer end of the tube widens into infundibulum and ends in multiple fimbriae one of the fimbriae is generally attached to the ovary The fimbriae and the tubular epithelia are ciliated in nature to carry the ovum by ciliary movement from ovary to the uterus
Ovary ::
These are two pear shaped bodies lying at the free end of each fallopain tube hanging in a fold of peritoneum from the broad ligament in the pelvis
They become active from puberty to menopause and shrivel in old age to be partially functionless it is covered by the germinal epithelium and the inner cover in formed by tunica albuginea Stroma is made up of connective tissue It supports the ova Graffian follicles are island like structures scattered in the ovarian stroma tissue They are found in various stages of development The central cell develops to form the ovum This is surrounded by liquor folliculi It ruptures every month to liberate ovum which rolls with the spermatozoa if any half way in the tube otherwise it is passed out through the uterus and vagina unnoticed being very minute
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