Preferred Label : ovary stroma;
Uberon definition : The stroma of the ovary is a peculiar soft tissue, abundantly supplied with blood
vessels, consisting for the most part of spindle-shaped cells with a small amount
of ordinary connective tissue. These cells have been regarded by some anatomists as
unstriped muscle cells, which, indeed, they most resemble; by others as connective-tissue
cells. On the surface of the organ this tissue is much condensed, and forms a layer
composed of short connective-tissue fibers, with fusiform cells between them. The
stroma of the ovary may contain interstitial cells resembling those of the testis.;
Uberon synonym : stroma ovarica; stroma of the ovary; interstitial tissue of ovary; ovarian stroma;
Origin ID : 0006960;
UMLS CUI : C0737271;
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The stroma of the ovary is a peculiar soft tissue, abundantly supplied with blood
vessels, consisting for the most part of spindle-shaped cells with a small amount
of ordinary connective tissue. These cells have been regarded by some anatomists as
unstriped muscle cells, which, indeed, they most resemble; by others as connective-tissue
cells. On the surface of the organ this tissue is much condensed, and forms a layer
composed of short connective-tissue fibers, with fusiform cells between them. The
stroma of the ovary may contain interstitial cells resembling those of the testis.
