oviduct mucosal fold

Term ID

UBERON:0018343

Synonyms

• endosalpinx

Definition

The wall of the fallopian tube includes an elaborately folded mucosa (endosalpinx) surrounded by a muscularis (myosalpinx). The mucosa is lined by a ciliated columnar epithelium with secretory cells, and is folded out into the lumen so that an ovum in the lumen will always be close to the cilia for transport to the uterus. http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/erg/oviduct.htm

References

• UBERONTEMP:7f3c6bb1-52c7-4392-8944-01182d25a351

Ontology

Uberon Ontology