Medical Terminology / Unit 11 MedTerm 0687 short lesson, about 20 seconds
salping/o: Fallopian Tube
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The idea
The combining form salping slash o names a fallopian tube, carrying an egg from ovary to uterus.
In practice
Salpingitis is inflammation of a fallopian tube.
Where people slip
Salping slash o also names the auditory tube in the ear. The rest of the term decides.
Your place on the trail
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