Tunica albuginea (ovaries)

Tunica albuginea (ovaries)
Tunica albuginea (ovaries)
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Identifiers
Latin	tunica albuginea ovarii
TA98	A09.1.01.009; A09.3.01.016
TA2	3478
FMA	18630
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The tunica albuginea is a layer of condensed tissue on the surface of the ovary. It is composed of short connective-tissue fibers located immediately inside the surface epithelium (previously known as germinal epithelium) which is continuous with the peritoneum.^[1]

References

^ Marieb and Hoehn, Elaine, Katja (2018). Human anatomy & physiology (Global edition.; Eleventh edition.). Pearson Education Limited. p. 1094. ISBN 9781292260938.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1256 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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[1] Marieb and Hoehn, Elaine, Katja (2018). Human anatomy & physiology (Global edition.; Eleventh edition.). Pearson Education Limited. p. 1094. ISBN 9781292260938.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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