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

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16.3 Ovary

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Transverse section of the ovary of a monkey.

This field shows large vessels (V) in the hilus (Hi) and medulla (M). These vessels enter and leave the ovary at the hilus.

In the cortex (C), the following structures can be identified:

A large growing ovarian follicle (F)
Several small connective tissue scars corresponding to residues of atretic follicles or corpora atretica (C-At)
A large corpus albicans (C-Alb) arising from a regressed corpus luteum (CL)

The other structures of the ovarian cortex are seen at higher magnifications in the subsequent figures.

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×40

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