See Also: primary ovarian follicle(medicine)
ovarian follicle(medicine)
polyovular ovarian follicle(medicine)
anovular ovarian follicle(medicine)
atretic ovarian follicle(medicine)
mature ovarian follicle(medicine)
vesicular ovarian follicle(medicine)
growing ovarian follicle(medicine)
primordial ovarian follicle(medicine)
granular layer of a vesicular ovarian follicle(medicine)

primary ovarian follicle (medicine)


primary ovarian follicle


An ovarian follicle before the appearance of an antrum; marked by developmental changes in the oocyte and follicular cells so that the latter form one or more layers of cuboidal or columnar cells; the follicle becomes surrounded by a sheath of stroma, the theca.

Synonym: folliculus ovaricus primarius.