As I understand it, ovaries are not directly connected to the fallopian tubes and they are open out into the abdominal cavity. So how does the egg get captured by the fallopian tube?
I struggle to set the scene in my head on a cellular or histological level – how the egg goes from the ovary to the fimbriae of the tube. What’s in between them? Just liquid? Do the fimbriae grasp or cover the ovary at certain times thus giving the egg a chance to be transported by direct contact?
And how can an egg be captured by the opposite fallopian tube? What “journey” does the egg go on to get to that side?
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There are little… Flesh fingers (for lack of a better term) at the ends of each fallopian tube that bring in the egg. It isn’t possible for the opposite tube to bring in the egg, but it is possible that the tube isn’t able to bring in the egg, and in that case the egg just gets released into the abdomen.
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