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Fallopian Tubes
Fallopian tubes / oviducts-
Fallopian tubes are only in women, and women contain should have two fallopian tubes. The main function of the fallopian tubes is that it carries an egg from the ovary to the uterus. In the fallopian tube there is a section where the egg becomes fertilized by a mans sperm. This section is called the ampulla. Once the egg is fertilized and was already transported from the ovaries to the uterus, the egg will then develop until birth.
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