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The tunica albuginea is composed of short connective tissue fibers. It is located immediately inside the surface epithelium (previously known as germinal epithelium) which is continuous with the peritoneum. It is non-vascularised. [1] It is thinner than the tunica albuginea of the testis, and its thickness varies across the ovary. [1]
The process of ovulation and gamete production, oogenesis, in a human ovary. The ovaries are the site of production and periodical release of egg cells, the female gametes. In the ovaries, the developing egg cells (or oocytes) mature in the fluid-filled follicles. Typically, only one oocyte develops at a time, but others can also mature ...
The entire ovarian stroma is highly vascular. [1] On the surface of the organ this tissue is much condensed, and forms a layer (tunica albuginea) composed of short connective-tissue fibers, with fusiform cells between them. The stroma of the ovary may contain interstitial cells resembling those of the testis.
Tunica albuginea is a general term for a tunic of whitish connective tissue. In human anatomy, it generally is applied in three contexts: the fibrous sheath of the corpora cavernosa penis, the fibrous tunic of the testis, and the connective tissue tunic around the ovaries. [6] Tunica dartos is a muscular tunic beneath the skin of the scrotum ...
These cells are derived from the mesoderm during embryonic development and are closely related to the mesothelium of the peritoneum.The germinal epithelium gives the ovary a dull gray color as compared with the shining smoothness of the peritoneum; and the transition between the mesothelium of the peritoneum and the cuboidal cells which cover the ovary is usually marked by a line around the ...
Theca cells are a group of endocrine cells in the ovary made up of connective tissue surrounding the follicle. They have many diverse functions, including promoting folliculogenesis and recruitment of a single follicle during ovulation. [2] Theca cells and granulosa cells together form the stroma of the ovary.
During early embryonic development, cells from the dorsal endoderm of the yolk sac migrate along the hindgut to the gonadal ridge. These primordial germ cells (PGCs) multiply by mitosis and once they have reached the gonadal ridge they are called oogonia (diploid stem cells of the ovary).
Tunica albuginea may refer to: Tunica albuginae (clitoris), the fibrous-elastic sheath of connective tissue that surrounds the shaft and glans of the clitoris; Tunica albuginea oculi, the tough fibrous layer that covers most of the eyeball; Tunica albuginea (ovaries), the connective tissue covering of the ovaries