Female Reproductive system page 16

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

16. Female Reproductive system

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16.16 Corpus atreticum

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Section of a corpus atreticum of a monkey at an advanced stage of formation.

In a small central residual cavity of a regressed follicle, the collapsed, persistent, wavy zona pellucida (ZP) facilitates the identification of this corpus atreticum.

Surrounding this small cavity, many fibrocytes (Fi) are widely separated by lightly stained collagen (*). This image shows an early stage in the formation of a typical scar of a corpus atreticum (C-At) (bottom right), already seen in Figure 16.11.

A few primordial follicles (Po) and a primary multilaminar follicle (Pa-m) are seen in the surrounding ovarian stroma.

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×500

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