primordial follicle

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• follicle — 1. A more or less spherical mass of cells usually containing a cavity. 2. A crypt or minute cul de sac or lacuna, such as the depression in the skin from which the hair emerges. SYN: folliculus [TA]. [L. folliculus, a small sac, dim. of follis, a …   Medical dictionary

• primordial ovarian follicle — an immature ovarian follicle that has not undergone recruitment and consists of an oocyte enclosed by a single layer of cells. Called also unilaminar ovarian f …   Medical dictionary

• follicle recruitment — the process by which certain primordial ovarian follicles begin growing in a given menstrual cycle …   Medical dictionary

• unilaminar ovarian follicle — primordial ovarian f …   Medical dictionary

• Ovarian follicle — Human ovarian follicle Latin folliculi ovarici primarii, folliculi ovarici vesiculosi Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Theca of follicle — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = theca folliculi GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Mature late stage tertiary (Graffian) follicle Caption2 = Early folliculogenesis from primordial to early tertiary. Precursor = System = Artery = Vein =… …   Wikipedia

• Folliculogenesis — In biology, folliculogenesis is the maturation of the ovarian follicle, a densely packed shell of somatic cells that contains an immature oocyte. Folliculogenesis describes the progression of a number of small primordial follicles into large… …   Wikipedia

• Germ cell — Germ cells are progenitors of the gametes. These singled out cells move through the gut to the developing gonads and undergo mitotic proliferation followed by meiosis and differentiation into either eggs or sperm (mature gametes). Plants do not… …   Wikipedia

• Oogenesis — Oogenesis, ovogenesis or oögenesis (  /ˌoʊ …   Wikipedia

• In vitro maturation — (IVM) is the technique of letting ovarian follicles mature in vitro.Techniques availableThe abilit of in IVM depends on how mature the follicle already is. There are several stages in folliculogenesis, starting with a primordial follicle, which… …   Wikipedia

• Oogonium — A female ancestral germ cell that divides several times to give rise to an oocyte that, in turn, develops into an ovum (an egg). The second o in oogonium is pronounced separately from the first: o·o·gon·i·um. The word was created from the prefix… …   Medical dictionary