Female Reproductive system page 15

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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

16. Female Reproductive system

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16.15 Corpus atreticum in formation

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Section showing an intermediate step between a large secondary atretic follicle and a typical corpus atreticum.

In a central collapsed antral cavity (*) only a few degenerating follicular cells are present (arrowheads) plus a residual oocyte (O) surrounded by its zona pellucida (ZP).

The stroma surrounding this central cavity, showing invading fibrocytes (Fi), includes early signs of collagen deposition (arrows) involved in the formation of the scarlike corpora atretica already identified in Figure 16.11.

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×300

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