secondary ovarian follicle
A maturing ovarian follicle that has two more more layers of granulosa cells, up to the onset of antrum formation. [ http://ovary.stanford.edu http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0001546 http://www.repropedia.org/secondary-ovarian-follicle ]
Synonyms: ovary secondary follicle, pre-antral follicle, folliculus ovaricus secondarius, preantral follicle, secondary follicle of ovary
Term info
- EMAPA:35632
- FMA:18637
- MA:0002908
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
consider adopting distinction in MA
secondary follicle, pre-ovulatory follicle, secondary egg follicle, antral follicle of ovary
uberon
UBERON:0000036
Secondary follicle of ovary
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- ovarian follicle and has potential to develop into some tertiary ovarian follicle and has component min 2 granulosa cell layer