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granulosa cell layer

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A layer of the ovarian follicle that consists of granulosa cells. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Synonyms: stratum granulosum of ovarian follicle, ovary stratum granulosum, membrana granulosa of ovarian follicle, granulosa cell layer of ovarian follicle

Term info

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Subsets

efo_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas

plural term
granulosa cell layers [ ZFA:0001112 ]

UBPROP 0000010

At one part of the mature follicle the cells of the membrana granulosa are collected into a mass which projects into the cavity of the follicle. This is termed the discus proligerus. [Wikipedia:Membrana_granulosa, Wikipedia:Membrana_granulosa]

has related synonym

granulosa cell layer, granulosa cell layers

has broad synonym

membrana granulosa

id

UBERON:0005170

prefLabel

Membrana granulosa of ovarian follicle

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606