How long does it take an egg to go from the ovary to the uterus?

Subject: How long does it take an egg to go from the ovary to the uterus?

Date: Wed Jul 19 10:44:18 2000
Posted by Mar Wagoner
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: Cal State Long Beach
City: Barrinton State/Province: IL Country: USA
Area of science: Medicine
ID: 964017858.Me

Message:


I know from reading your archives that it takes sperm 30 minutes from 
ejaculation to reach the area of the fallopian tubes where fertilization 
can take place, but how long time-wise is the egg's journey from the ovary 
to where it is absorbed by the body in the case of a non-fertilization? 
Does an egg move, like, one inch an hour or what? If it IS fertilized, 
does that slow the egg's movement down?

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