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graafian follicle
small cavity in the ovary, especially in mammals, in which an egg develops
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
Graafian follicle
[Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist, 1641-1673; L. folliculus - a small bag] A follicle found in mammalian ovaries that is mature and ready to release an ovum. After ovulation, it becomes a corpus luteum.
Vesicular Ovarian Follicles (Graafian follicles)."Upon making a section of an ovary, numerous round transparent vesicles of various sizes are to be seen; they are the follicles, or ovisacs containing the ova.
In female: stimulates maturation of Graafian follicles in ovary.
In male: spermatogenesis, enhances production of androgen-binding protein by the Sertoli cells of the testes
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 See also: Corpus luteum, Cells, Ovulation, Ovum, Ovary
  
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