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  2. Fallopian tube - Wikipedia

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    The fallopian tubes, also known as uterine tubes, oviducts [1] or salpinges (sg.: salpinx), are paired tubular sex organs in the human female body that stretch from the ovaries to the uterus. The fallopian tubes are part of the female reproductive system .

  3. Salpinx - Wikipedia

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    Musicians playing the salpinx (trumpet) and the hydraulis (water organ). Terracotta figurine made in Alexandria, 1st century BC Greek warrior blowing a salpinx. A salpinx (/ ˈ s æ l p ɪ ŋ k s /; plural salpinges / s æ l ˈ p ɪ n dʒ iː z /; Greek σάλπιγξ) was a trumpet-like instrument of the ancient Greeks. [1]

  4. Mesosalpinx - Wikipedia

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    Salpinx in anatomy; References. This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1261 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918) External links

  5. Salpinx in anatomy - Wikipedia

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    In anatomical contexts, salpinx is used to refer to a type of tube. Per Terminologia Anatomica , the Latin term "tuba" is usually used to describe most tubes (after the Roman tuba , not the modern tuba ), but the term "salpinges" and its adjectival derivatives are still sometimes used to describe the following two "tubes": [ 1 ]

  6. Hydrosalpinx - Wikipedia

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    A hydrosalpinx is a condition that occurs when a fallopian tube is blocked and fills with serous or clear fluid near the ovary (distal to the uterus). The blocked tube may become substantially distended giving the tube a characteristic sausage-like or retort-like shape.

  7. Pharynx - Wikipedia

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    The pharynx (pl.: pharynges) is the part of the throat behind the mouth and nasal cavity, and above the esophagus and trachea (the tubes going down to the stomach and the lungs respectively).

  8. Hematosalpinx - Wikipedia

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    Hematosalpinx; Laparoscopic view, looking from superiorly to inferiorly in the peritoneal cavity which has been pumped up with carbon dioxide gas to visualize the uterus (marked by blue arrows).

  9. Salpingectomy - Wikipedia

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    Salpingectomy is different from and predates both salpingostomy and salpingotomy.The latter two terms are often used interchangeably and refer to creating an opening into the tube (e.g. to remove an ectopic pregnancy), but the tube itself is not removed. [1]