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| Transverse section of human embryo eight and a half to nine weeks old. (Mesovarium visible at center.)
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| Uterus and right broad ligament, seen from behind. (Broad ligament visible at center. Mesovarium not labeled, but it is the portion of the broad ligament closest to the ovary.)
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The mesovarium is the portion of the broad ligament of the uterus that covers the ovaries.
At first the mesonephros and genital ridge are suspended by a common mesentery, but as the embryo grows the genital ridge gradually becomes pinched off from the mesonephros, with which it is at first continuous, though it still remains connected to the remnant of this body by a fold of peritoneum. In the male this is the mesorchium, and in the female, this is the mesovarium.
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| Follicles/Folliculogenesis | corpus (hemorrhagicum, luteum, albicans) • Theca folliculi (externa, interna) • Follicular antrum (Follicular fluid) • Corona radiata • Zona pellucida • Membrana granulosa (Granulosa cells) |
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| Ovaries/Oogenesis | Germinal epithelium • Tunica albuginea • cortex (Cumulus oophorus, Stroma) • Medulla |
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| Fallopian tubes | Isthmus • Ampulla • Infundibulum • Fimbria |
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| Ligaments | Broad (components: Mesovarium, Mesosalpinx, Mesometrium contents: Round of uterus, Proper of ovary) • Suspensory of ovary • Cardinal |
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| Uterus | cervix/neck (External orifice - Canal of the cervix, Internal orifice) • corpus/body (Cavity of the body, Fundus) • layers (Endometrium, Myometrium, Perimetrium) • Uterine horns |
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| Vulva/mons pubis | Labium: commissures (Anterior • Posterior) • Frenulum labiorum pudendi • Labia majora • Cleft of venus • Labia minora • Vulval vestibule • interlabial sulci
Clitoris: Vestibular bulbs • Clitoral crura • Corpus cavernosa • Clitoral glans (Frenulum, Hood)
Vagina: vestibular glands/ducts (Bartholin\'s glands/Bartholin\'s ducts, Skene\'s glands/Skene\'s ducts) • Fossa of vestibule of vagina • Vaginal fornix • Hymen • Orifice |
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| Vestiges | Wolffian (Gartner\'s duct, Epoophoron, Paroöphoron) • Canal of Nuck |
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| Other | G-spot • Urethral sponge |
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