"Cilia beat to transport the oocyte," or egg ... For those few sperm that make it into the fallopian tube, the goal is to get as far as possible and then stick to the wall as they wait for the egg to ...

The success of in vitro fertilization depends on many factors, one of which is sperm viability. A recent study from the ...

For a long time, almost all attention was on the motile cilia because their function was readily observable. But scientists, starting with Alexander Kowalevsky had reported the presence of single ...

Each ovary is connected to the uterus by an oviduct (fallopian tube). The oviduct is lined with ... and is released from an ovary. The cilia waft the ovum along inside the oviduct and into the ...

“Fibrosis is formed due to PID covering the ovaries, preventing ovulation, or blocking the fallopian tubes, even if the cilia remain functional, thus obstructing the transport of sperm and egg ...