fimbria /fim·bria/ (fim´bre-ah) pl. fim´briae [L.]
fimbriae of uterine tube,
1. a fringe, border, or edge; a fringelike structure.
2. pilus (2).
fimbria hippocam´pi the band of white matter along the median edge of the ventricular surface of the hippocampus.
ovarian fimbria the longest of the processes that make up the fimbriae of uterine tube, extending along the free border of the mesosalpinx and fused to the ovary. 
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fimbriae of uterine tube the numerous divergent fringelike processes on the distal part of the infundibulum of the uterine tube.
fimbriae of uterine tube,
the branched fingerlike projections at the distal end of each of the fallopian tubes. The projections are connected to the ovary and have epithelial cells with cilia that serve to move the ovum toward the uterus. Also called fimbriae tubae.
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