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| Ovarian cortex | |
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 Section of the ovary. 1. Outer covering. 1’. Attached border. 2. Central stroma. 3. Peripheral stroma. 4. Blood vessels. 5. Vesicular follicles in their earliest stage. 6, 7, 8. More advanced follicles. 9. An almost mature follicle. 9’. Follicle from which the ovum has escaped. 10. Corpus luteum. | |
| Identifiers | |
| FMA | 18613 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The ovarian cortex is the outer portion of the ovary. The ovarian follicles are located within the ovarian cortex. The ovarian cortex is made up of connective tissue. [1] Ovarian cortex tissue transplant has been performed to treat infertility.[2][3]
Structure
[edit]The ovarian cortex is mostly made of stromal cells with ovarian follicles embedded between them.[4] It is covered by a monolayer of ovarian surface epithelium, a continuum of the peritoneum, which may show a flat, cuboidal or columnar appearance in different areas of the ovary.[4]
References
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ↑ "Cortex of ovary". Thefreedictionary.com. Farlex.
- ↑ Donnez, Jacques; Dolmans, Marie-Madeleine (2015-08-01). "Ovarian cortex transplantation: 60 reported live births brings the success and worldwide expansion of the technique towards routine clinical practice". Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 32 (8): 1167–1170. doi:10.1007/s10815-015-0544-9. ISSN 1058-0468. PMC 4554373. PMID 26210678.
- ↑ "Foundational Model of Anatomy". xiphoid.biostr.washington.edu. Structural Informatics Group at the University of Washington. Archived from the original on 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- 1 2 Kitajima, Michio; Murakami, Naoko; Taniguchi, Ken; Kitajima, Yuriko; Tsukamoto, Ozora; Miura, Kiyonori; Masuzaki, Hideaki (2018-04-01). "Histomorphological Aspects of the Ovarian Cortex Regarding Ovarian Reserve and Local Pelvic Inflammation". Journal of Mammalian Ova Research. 35 (1): 21–26. doi:10.1274/jmor.35.21. ISSN 1341-7738.
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