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... > Endocrine System > Endocrine Glands > Gonads > Ovary > Ovarian Follicle > Theca Cells
... > Urogenital System > Genitalia > Gonads > Ovary > Ovarian Follicle > Theca Cells
... > Urogenital System > Genitalia > Genitalia, Female > Adnexa Uteri > Ovary > Ovarian Follicle > Theca Cells
Cells > Connective Tissue Cells > Theca Cells

Preferred term

Theca Cells  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cell, Ovarian Interstitial
  • Cells, Ovarian Interstitial
  • Interstitial Cell, Ovarian
  • Interstitial Cells, Ovarian
  • Ovarian Interstitial Cell
  • Ovarian Interstitial Cells

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 78(75); was see under GRAAFIAN FOLLICLE 1975-77; OVARIAN INTERSTITIAL CELLS was see under OVARY 1975-77

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013799

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