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Graafian
Graafian Graaf"i*an, a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Regnier de Graaf, a Dutch physician. Graafian follicles or vesicles, small cavities in which the ova are developed in the ovaries of mammals, and by the bursting of which they are discharged.

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- syringe, described in his third treatise. His eponymous legacy are the Graafian (or ovarian) follicles. He himself pointed out that he was not the first...
- vesicular follicles" or "ripe vesicular follicles") are sometimes called Graafian follicles (after Regnier de Graaf). In humans, oocytes are established...
- follicles in the ovary mature from primary follicle to a fully mature Graafian follicle. It ends with ovulation. The main hormones controlling this stage...
- An antral or secondary follicle, also known as Graafian follicle and tertiary follicle, is an ovarian follicle during a certain latter stage of folliculogenesis...
- and remain attached to the zona pellucida after the ovulation of the Graafian follicle. For fertilization to occur, sperm cells rely on hyaluronidase...
- stimulated to mature on a monthly basis. Once matured, these are called Graafian follicles.[page needed] The female reproductive system does not produce...
- Follicular cyst of the ovary Other names Graafian follicle cyst, follicular cyst Micrograph of a luteinized follicular cyst of the ovary. H&E stain. Specialty...
- Graafian follicle of the human ovary...
- addition, follicles that have formed an antrum are called antral follicles or Graafian follicles. Definitions differ in where this shift occurs in the staging...
- pituitary gonadotrope FSH receptor → cAMP In female: stimulates maturation of Graafian follicles in ovary. In male: ****togenesis, enhances production of androgen-binding...