Cumulus oophorus
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Cumulus oophorus | |
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Section of vesicular ovarian follicle of cat. X 50. (Discus proligerus labeled at lower left.) | |
Gray's | subject #266 1256 |
Dorlands/Elsevier | c_66/12271425 |
At one part of the mature follicle, the cells of the membrana granulosa are collected into a mass which projects into the cavity of the follicle. This cluster of cells is termed the cumulus oophorus (Latin cumulus=heap, Greek oo=egg + phorus=carrying) discus proligerus, and it is released with the imbedded oocyte during ovulation. In order for fertilization to occur this layer must be penetrated by the spermatocyte.
[edit] External links
- Organology at UC Davis Reproductive/mammal/ovary5/ovary3 - "Mammal, bovine ovary (LM, Medium)"
- Anatomy at MUN repro/reproov
- Histology at USC rep/c_13
- Swiss embryology (from UL, UB, and UF) dbefruchtung/objectbefru01
- UIUC Histology Subject 366
- Histology at BU 18404loa - "Female Reproductive System: ovary, cumulus oophorus"
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