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Stroma of ovary
	Section of the ovary. 1. Outer covering.; 1’. Attached border.; 2. Central stroma.; 3. Peripheral stroma.; 4. Bloodvessels.; 5. Vesicular follicles in their earliest stage.; 6, 7, 8. More advanced follicles.; 9. An almost mature follicle.; 9’. Follicle from which the ovum has escaped.; 10. Corpus luteum.
	Section of the fold in the mesonephros of a chick embryo of the fourth day. (Stroma of ovary labeled at center left.)
Latin	stroma ovarii
Gray's	subject #266 1256

The stroma of the ovary is a peculiar soft tissue, abundantly supplied with blood vessels, consisting for the most part of spindle-shaped cells with a small amount of ordinary connective tissue.

These cells have been regarded by some anatomists as unstriped muscle cells, which, indeed, they most resemble; by others as connective-tissue cells.

On the surface of the organ this tissue is much condensed, and forms a layer (tunica albuginea) composed of short connective-tissue fibers, with fusiform cells between them.

The stroma of the ovary may contain interstitial cells resembling those of the testis.

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stroma+of+ovary at eMedicine Dictionary
UIUC Histology Subject 1063

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