Germinal_epithelium_(female)

Germinal epithelium (female)

Germinal epithelium (female)

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The ovarian surface epithelium, also called the germinal epithelium of Waldeyer,[1] or coelomic epithelium, is a layer of simple squamous-to-cuboidal epithelial cells covering the ovary.[2]

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The term germinal epithelium is a misnomer as it does not give rise to primary follicles.[3]

Composition

These cells are derived from the mesoderm during embryonic development and are closely related to the mesothelium of the peritoneum. The germinal epithelium gives the ovary a dull gray color as compared with the shining smoothness of the peritoneum; and the transition between the mesothelium of the peritoneum and the cuboidal cells which cover the ovary is usually marked by a line around the anterior border of the ovary.

Diseases

Ovarian surface epithelium can give rise to surface epithelial-stromal tumor.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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    Nishida T, Nishida N (2006). "Reinstatement of "germinal epithelium" of the ovary". Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 4: 42. doi:10.1186/1477-7827-4-42. PMC 1560142. PMID 16923182.
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    Auersperg, N.; Wong, A. S.; Choi, K. C.; Kang, S. K.; Leung, P. C. (2001). "Ovarian Surface Epithelium: Biology, Endocrinology, and Pathology". Endocrine Reviews. 22 (2): 255–288. doi:10.1210/edrv.22.2.0422. PMID 11294827. S2CID 11013148.
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    Ross M, Pawlina W (2011). Histology: A Text and Atlas (6th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 832. ISBN 978-0-7817-7200-6.
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