A passage through which ova leave the maternal body or pass to an organ communicating with the exterior of the body. See also uterine tube. In birds generally only the left oviduct and ovary are functional. See infundibulum of uterine tube, magnum, isthmus of uterine tube.
- accessory o. — see
müllerian duct . - o. hypoplasia — failure of the tube to develop in the fetus; a rare cause of infertility.
- o. impaction — blockage of the oviduct in the hen by an inspissated mass of egg material.
- o. inflammation — see oviductitis.
