Anatomy [A] » Urogenital System [A05] » Genitalia » Genitalia, Female » Adnexa Uteri » Ovary » Ovarian Follicle » Theca Cells
Anatomy [A] » Endocrine System [A06] » Endocrine Glands » Gonads » Ovary » Ovarian Follicle » Theca Cells
Anatomy [A] » Cells [A11] » Connective Tissue Cells » Theca Cells
Description
The flattened stroma cells forming a sheath or theca outside the basal lamina lining the mature OVARIAN FOLLICLE. Thecal interstitial or stromal cells are steroidogenic, and produce primarily ANDROGENS which serve as precusors of ESTROGENS in the GRANULOSA CELLS. MeSH
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