Identify:

Macroscopic

• Cortex

• Medulla

• Ovarian follicles

Microscopic

• Germinative epithelium

• Tunica albuginea

• Stroma of cortex

• The different stages of developing ovarian follicles

  1. Primary follicle

  2. Secondary follicle

  3. Graafian follicle

• Medulla

Draw and annotate:

A line diagram of the ovary in which the different stages of developing ovarian follicles are drawn in detail.

1. What is the other name for germinal epithelium?
2. What are the components of the tunica albuginea?
3. What is typical of the stroma of the cortex?
4. How does a primary follicle differ from a secondary follicle?
5. What are the characteristics of Graafian follicles?
6. In what stages of cell division are the oocyte of a primary follicle and a Graafian follicle?
7. What different structures are found in the medulla?

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