oviduct mucosal fold
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. [ PHENOSCAPE:alex http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/erg/oviduct.htm ]
Synonyms: endosalpinx
Term info
- UBERONTEMP:7f3c6bb1-52c7-4392-8944-01182d25a351
- FMA:18537
mucosal fold of oviduct, mucosal fold of fallopian tube
uberon
UBERON:0018343
Mucosal fold of uterine tube