Fallopian Tube with Cilia and Without (IMAGE)

The Lundquist Institute

Fallopian Tube with Cilia and Without

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Unlike the normal Fallopian tube (left), the "cilia-less" Fallopian tube fails to pick up ovulated eggs, leading to female infertility (right).

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Art by Tingting Xie

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