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You need to look at the anatomy of a female to see that the heads of the Fallopian tubes to not directly attach to the body of the ovaries. They have a space. Sometimes a fertilized egg will not be "picked up" by the tube and will implant on the abdominal wall. Since it is open there, STDs can travel from the uterus into the abdomen.

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