Uterine horns

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Caption = Uterine horn not labeled, but visible. The round ligament is at the left, labeled as #1. It travels to the right, and attaches to the uterus at the center. The fallopian tube is unnumbered, but it is visible above the uterus, and travels downward to attach at a location near the round ligament.


Caption2 = Uterine horn not labeled, but extensions of uterus toward the uterine tubes can be seen.
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The uterine horns are the points where the uterus and the uterine tubes meet.

It is one of the points of attachment for the round ligament of uterus (the other being the mons pubis).

The uterine horns are far more prominent in other animals (such as cows [UCDavisOrganology|Reproductive/mammal/femalesys0/femalesys6 - "Mammal, female overview (Gross, Low)"] and cats [BiowebUW|APLab/Table_of_Contents/Lab_17/Female_Cat_1/female_cat_1.html|Urogenital system of the female cat] ) than they are in humans.

Occasionally, if a Fallopian tube does not connect, the uterine horn will fill with blood each month, and a minor one day surgery will be performed to remove it. Often, people who are born with this have trouble getting pregnant, as they only can once every other month, as both ovaries are functional. The spare egg, that cannot travel the fallopian tube, is absorbed into the body.

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