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fimbria (fimībre-ә) pl. fimībriae  Latin word meaning fringe or border. In anatomy, it is used for a fringelike structure.
  pilus (def. 2).
 

fimbriae of fallopian tube  the numerous divergent fringelike processes on the distal part of the infundibulum of the fallopian tube; called also fimbriae of uterine tube.

fimbria hippocampi  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.

fimbriae of uterine tube  fimbriae of fallopian tube.





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