- granulosa cells
- cells surrounding the vesicular ovarian follicle and forming the stratum granulosum and cumulus oophorus; after ovulation they are transformed into lutein cells.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
granulosa cells
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granulosa lutein cell — n any of the relatively large pale staining lutein cells of the corpus luteum that are derived from granulosa cells, have long microvilli projecting from the cell surface, and secrete primarily progesterone compare THECA LUTEIN CELL … Medical dictionary
ovarian granulosa cells — During oogenesis in mammals the ovarian (Graafian) follicle, in which the developing ovum lies, is lined with follicle cells; the peripheral follicle cells form the stratum granulosum or ovarian granulosa … Dictionary of molecular biology
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granulosa-lutein cells — lutein cells of the corpus luteum derived from granulosa cells … Medical dictionary
granulosa tumor — granulosa cell tumor an ovarian tumor originating in the cells of the primordial membrana granulosa; it may be associated with excessive production of estrin, inducing endometrial hyperplasia with menorrhagia. See also granulosa theca cell t. and … Medical dictionary
primordial granulosa cells — prefollicle c s … Medical dictionary
granulosa cell — noun Etymology: New Latin granulosa, from feminine of granulosus granulose Date: 1936 one of the estrogen secreting cells of the epithelial lining of a graafian follicle or its follicular precursor … New Collegiate Dictionary
granulosa cell — |granyə|lōsə , ōzə noun Etymology: New Latin granulosa, from granul + Latin osa (feminine of osus ous) : one of the cells of the epithelial lining of a graafian follicle … Useful english dictionary
granulosa — SYN: stratum granulosum folliculi ovarici vesiculosi. * * * gran·u·lo·sa (gran″u loґsə) pertaining to the cells of the cumulus oophorus; see also under cell … Medical dictionary
