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The third of the tube? #1 (permalink) Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:24 am   The third of the tube?		  
"The diameter of a Fallopian tube is about equal to the thickness of a piece of thread inside the third of the tube nearest the uterus."

Is it saying that there's a piece of thread inside the Fallopian tube? What is "the third of the tube"? I'm lost about the latter half of the sentence.
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The third of the tube? #2 (permalink) Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:39 am   The third of the tube?		  
Hi apo
all potted out wrote:
Is it saying that there's a piece of thread inside the Fallopian tube? No, they are only comparing the thickness of the tube to the thickness of a piece of thread.

What is "the third of the tube"? 'Third' means 'part' or 'section' in the sentence.
For example, if the tube is 6 inches long, you could also refer to it in 3 parts: 'the top third', 'the middle third' and 'the bottom third'. Each part (third) would measure 2 inches in length.

So, looking at the tube in terms of the part closest to the uterus, the middle part and the part furthest from the uterus, the thickness (diameter, not length) of the part of the tube closest to the uterus is about the same as the thickness (diameter) of a piece of thread.


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