Light microscopy of the fetal primate ovary about 20 weeks of gestation. The ovary is densely populated with oocytes (female germ cells) enclosed with
Light microscopy of the fetal primate ovary about 20 weeks of gestation. The ovary is densely populated with oocytes (female germ cells) enclosed with a layer of follicle cells which together are known as follicles. The earliest follicles are called primordial follicles. In most species the fetal ovary is massively oversupplied with oocytes/follicles; in humans there may be up to 5 million per ovary. For reasons that remain unknown the majority (approximately 85%) of follicles die with a few hundred thousand surviving in each ovary at birth. Magnification x180 when narrow width printed at 10 cm.
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