Germinal epithelium (female)
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| Germinal epithelium (female) | |
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| Diagram in French. "Epithelium ovarien" labeled at upper right. | |
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| Section of the ovary. (Epithelium at #1, in upper left.) | |
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The surface of the ovary is covered by a layer of columnar cells which constitutes the germinal epithelium of Waldeyer. (Some sources consider it simple cuboidal.[1]
This epithelium gives to the ovary a dull gray color as compared with the shining smoothness of the peritoneum; and the transition between the squamous epithelium of the peritoneum and the columnar cells which cover the ovary is usually marked by a line around the anterior border of the ovary.
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 Longitudinal section of ovary of cat embryo of 9.4 cm. long. |
 Section of the ovary of a newly born child. |
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