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

Preferred term

Theca Cells  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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. The portion of the theca adjacent to the basal lamina of the mature OVARIAN FOLLICLE. The portion of the theca adjacent to the stroma of the OVARY.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ovarian Interstitial Cells

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Cellules thécales

    French

  • Cellule thécale
  • Cellules de la thèque
  • Cellules interstitielles de l'ovaire
  • Cellules interstitielles ovariennes
  • Thèque

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ZTX93XQJ-4

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