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Fimbria (female reproductive system)
	Uterus and uterine tubes
	1: Ovary; 2: Medial surface; 3: Lateral surface; 4: Free border; 5: Mesovarial margin; 6: Tubal extremity; 7: Uterine extremity; 8: Oviduct (fallopian tube); 9: Opening of fallopian tube; 10: Infundibulum of fallopian tube; 11: Fimbriae of fallopian tube; 12: Ovarian fimbria; 13: Ampulla of fallopian tube; 14: Isthmus of fallopian tube; 15: Uterine part of fallopian tube; 16: Uterine opening of fallopian tube
Latin	fimbria ovarica
Gray's	subject #267 1257

In the female reproductive system, the fimbria (plural, fimbriae) is a fringe of tissue around the ostium of the Fallopian tube, in the direction of the ovary.

An ovary is not directly connected to its adjacent Fallopian tube. When ovulation is about to occur, the sex hormones activate the fimbriae, causing it to swell with blood and hit the ovary in a gentle, sweeping motion. An oocyte is released from the ovary into the peritoneal cavity and the cilia of the fimbriae sweep the ovum into the Fallopian tube.

Not all fimbriae, but only the ovarian fimbria^[1] is long enough to reach to ovary.

[edit] Additional images

Uterus and right broad ligament, seen from behind.

[edit] References

^ Cancerweb- ovarian fimbria

[edit] External links

Histology at BU 18501loa - "Female Reproductive System: oviduct; infundibulum and fimbria"
SUNY Figs 43:02-08 - "Posterior view of the broad ligament of the uterus, on the left side."
SUNY Anatomy Image 9646
Microsurgery of the fallopian tube: from fantasy to reality
Peritoneal fluid in endometriosis

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[0] Cancerweb- ovarian fimbria

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