theca cell
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000503
A flattened stroma cell forming a sheath or theca outside the basal lamina lining the mature ovarian follicle. Thecal interstitial or stromal cells are steroidogenic, and produce primarily androgens which serve as precusors of estrogens in the granulosa cells. [ MESH:D013799 ]
Term info
database cross reference
- FMA:18690
- BTO:0002850
Subsets
human_reference_atlas
prefLabel
Theca lutein cell
present in taxon
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606