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

vesicular ovarian follicle (medicine)


vesicular ovarian follicle


A follicle in which the oocyte attains its full size and is surrounded by an extracellular glycoprotein layer (zona pellucida) that separates it from a peripheral layer of follicular cells permeated by one or more fluid-filled antra; the theca of the follicle develops into internal and external layers.

Synonym: folliculus ovaricus vesiculosus, graafian follicle, secondary follicle.