A woman’s adnexa include the ovaries, fallopian tubes and uterine ligaments. The ovaries periodically secrete estrogen and progesterone, causing the endometrium to shed periodically, which in clinical terms leads to menstruation. The ovaries also ovulate, and each month a follicle develops and matures, gradually moving from the interior of the ovary to the surface of the ovary before expelling an egg. After ovulation, the umbilical end of the fallopian tube carries the egg to the fallopian tube, where it waits for the sperm. After intercourse, the sperm reaches the fallopian tube and unites with the egg to form a fertilized egg, which then peristaltically moves into the uterine cavity where it can be laid. The function of the uterine ligament is to keep the uterus in a fixed position and to act as a fixation.