Are the ovaries attached to the Uterus or the Fallopian Tubes?

[aphex]

According to my professors answer key for the test we took monday, its the uterus... Im 99.9% sure that he is wrong and the correct answer is Fallopian tubes... Which is it?

(BTW, i dont have my book with me so i cant look it up)

 

[wfbberzerker]

fallopian tubes

EDIT: eggs travel from the ovaries (where they are stored), through the fallopian tubes, into the uterus.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker
fallopian tubes

cha-ching.... gotta check the rest of these now and see if i get any more pts...

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker
fallopian tubes

EDIT: eggs travel from the ovaries (where they are stored), through the fallopian tubes, into the uterus.

 

[Bulk Beef]

Proof!

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: sward666
Proof!

 

[vi edit]

I think *technically* you could say both.

(in some pics there is a small tube connecting the ovaries to the uterus)

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
I think *technically* you could say both.

yea, but then you could technically say your ear canal is attached to your penis

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: gopunk

Originally posted by: vi_edit
I think *technically* you could say both.

yea, but then you could technically say your ear canal is attached to your penis

should i use that in my email to my professor?

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: gopunk

Originally posted by: vi_edit
I think *technically* you could say both.

yea, but then you could technically say your ear canal is attached to your penis

should i use that in my email to my professor?

yea, and maybe make a little clay illustration

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Originally posted by: sward666
Proof!

Should read your proof instead of looking at the pictures

Fallopian tube is the duct through which the egg must pass to reach the uterus. The tube is about 4" long and hang freely in the pelvic cavity. They are not directly connected to the ovaries but its end widens into a wide flower like opening that lies adjacent to the ovary.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Antisocial-Virge

Originally posted by: sward666
Proof!

Should read your proof instead of looking at the pictures

Fallopian tube is the duct through which the egg must pass to reach the uterus. The tube is about 4" long and hang freely in the pelvic cavity. They are not directly connected to the ovaries but its end widens into a wide flower like opening that lies adjacent to the ovary.

Ha!

So maybe I WAS right

 

[dethman]

your answer probably depends on what level of anatomy you're studying.


technically the ovaries aren't 'attached' to the fallopian tubes as it looks like in those pictures, they are two independent structures. rather, it hangs off a connective tissue sheath from the tube called the mesovarium or mesosalpinx i forget.

the ovaries are also attached to the uterus via a ligament called the proper ligament of the ovary. (not a tube)



however, if you're taking 3rd grade-high school sex ed, then yes the ovaries are connected to the fallopian tubes and not the uterus.

 

[tcsenter]

technically the ovaries aren't 'attached' to the fallopian tubes as it looks like in those pictures, they are two independent structures. rather, it hangs off a connective tissue sheath from the tube called the mesovarium or mesosalpinx i forget.

the ovaries are also attached to the uterus via a ligament called the proper ligament of the ovary. (not a tube) however, if you're taking 3rd grade-high school sex ed, then yes the ovaries are connected to the fallopian tubes and not the uterus.

Ding-ding-ding-ding! We have a winner.

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: dethman
your answer probably depends on what level of anatomy you're studying.


technically the ovaries aren't 'attached' to the fallopian tubes as it looks like in those pictures, they are two independent structures. rather, it hangs off a connective tissue sheath from the tube called the mesovarium or mesosalpinx i forget.

the ovaries are also attached to the uterus via a ligament called the proper ligament of the ovary. (not a tube)



however, if you're taking 3rd grade-high school sex ed, then yes the ovaries are connected to the fallopian tubes and not the uterus.

an educated person