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Ovary (monkey). H&E. 450x Note: preantral follicles may still be unilaminar but are surrounded by cuboidal rather than squamous cells. F=follicle cells (primordial) FC=follicle cells N=nucleus of oocyte X=oocyte only showing cyto. Ross, et al. p. 714 Plate 112 Fig. 2 & 3.

Preantral follicles. H&E. 450x Note: 1. Multilayered mass of follicles cells; 2. the surrounding stromal cells. N=nucleus of oocyte FC=follicle cells ZP=zona pellucida Ross, et al. p. 714 Plate 112 Fig. 4.

Antral follicle. H&E. 150x Note: 1. Theca folliculi is as yet undifferentiated to theca interna & externa; 2. the developing cumulus oophorus; 3. the liquor folliculi in the antrum. Hammersen. p. 167 Fig. 380.

Hammersen, F. (1980) Histology, A Color Atlas of Cytology, Histology and Microscopic Anatomy 2nd Ed. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland, USA. (A translation of Sobotta/Hammersen (1979) Atlas der Histologie des Menschen. Urban & Schwarzenberg, München, Germany.)