| Stroma of ovary | |
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| Section of the ovary. 1. Outer covering. 1’. Attached border. 2. Central stroma. 3. Peripheral stroma. 4. Bloodvessels. 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. |
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| Section of the fold in the mesonephros of a chick embryo of the fourth day. (Stroma of ovary labeled at center left.) | |
| Latin | stroma ovarii |
| Gray's | subject #266 1256 |
The stroma of the ovary is a peculiar soft tissue, abundantly supplied with blood vessels, consisting for the most part of spindle-shaped cells with a small amount of ordinary connective tissue.
These cells have been regarded by some anatomists as unstriped muscle cells, which, indeed, they most resemble; by others as connective-tissue cells.
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.
See also
- stroma (disambiguation)
- Stromal cell
- Sex cord-gonadal stromal tumour
External links
- stroma+of+ovary at eMedicine Dictionary
- UIUC Histology Subject 1063
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated.
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