List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 119

The subcapsular sinus (lymph path lymph sinus marginal sinus) is a region within the lymph node immediately deep to the capsule that contains relatively sparse lymphocytes. It thus allows lymph […]

The corpus hemorrhagicum (bloody body) is a temporary structure formed immediately after ovulation from the ovarian follicle. After the trauma heals the subsequent structure is called the corpus luteum (which […]

Before the fertilized ovum reaches the uterus the mucous membrane of the body of the uterus undergoes important changes and is then known as the decidua. The thickness and vascularity […]

In human development the cotyledons are the approximately 15-30 separations of the decidua basalis of the placenta separated by placental septa. Each cotyledon consists of a main stem of a […]

In human embryology intervillous space is the space between the villi containing the vessels of the mother and the embryo.The trophoblast which is a collection of cells that invades the […]

Tube-like uterine glands lined by ciliated columnar epithelium are found in the functional layer of the uterine endometrium. Their appearance varies during the menstrual cycle. During the proliferative phase uterine […]

The follicular antrum is the portion of an ovarian follicle filled with liquor folliculi. Appearance of the follicular antrum during follicular maturation is the first sign that a follicle has […]

The theca folliculi comprise a layer of the ovarian follicles. They appear as the follicles become tertiary follicles.The theca are divided into two layers the theca interna and the theca […]

The epoöphoron lies in the mesosalpinx between the ovary and the uterine tube and consists of a few short tubules the ductuli transversi which converge toward the ovary while their […]