Female Reproductive system page 18

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

16. Female Reproductive system

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16.18 Ovary, corpus luteum and corpus albicans

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Transverse section of the ovary of a monkey.

This field shows growing secondary antral follicles (SF) and corpora atretica (C-At), along with a large corpus luteum (CL) with a central cavity containing a blood clot (*).

Two other large fibrous scars or corpora albicans (C-Alb), derived from regressed corpora lutea, are also labelled.

Large vessels (V) are visible in the medulla and at the hilus (Hi) of the organ.

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×30

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