The Uterine Tube, also called the Fallopian Tube or the Oviduct (Figure 13.2)

The infundibulum is the funnel-shaped ovarian end of the uterine tube; it contains fringe-like fimbriae that conduct the ovulated oocytes into the uterine tube. The uter­ine tube is about the same length in the horse, ox and pig (20-25 cm). In the dog it is very short (about 6 cm). However, tubal transit is quickest in the pig (48 hours) and slowest in the dog (4-5 days).

In the ox and pig the cornual end of the uterine tube arises from the gradually taper­ing uterine cornu. In the dog and cat the uterine tube arises more abruptly from the rounded end of the cornu, and in the horse it arises on a small papilla at the rounded end of the cornu.