Descriptor English: | Ovary |
Descriptor Spanish: | Ovario |
Descriptor Portuguese: | Ovário |
Descriptor French: | Ovaire |
Entry term(s): |
Ovaries |
Tree number(s): |
A05.360.319.114.630 A05.360.576.497 A06.300.312.497 |
RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010053 |
Scope note: | The reproductive organ (GONADS) in female animals. In vertebrates, the ovary contains two functional parts: the OVARIAN FOLLICLE for the production of female germ cells (OOGENESIS); and the endocrine cells (GRANULOSA CELLS; THECA CELLS; and LUTEAL CELLS) for the production of ESTROGENS and PROGESTERONE. |
Annotation: | OVARY, PLANT is also available; /surg permitted but is probably OVARIECTOMY; /abnorm: agenesis or dysgenesis: coord OVARY /abnorm (IM) with GONADAL DYSGENESIS (IM); /cytol: consider also THECA CELLS; inflammation = OOPHORITIS; polycystic ovary, sclerocystic ovary = POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
AB abnormalities AH anatomy & histology BS blood supply CH chemistry CY cytology DE drug effects DG diagnostic imaging EM embryology EN enzymology GD growth & development IM immunology IN injuries IR innervation ME metabolism MI microbiology PA pathology PH physiology PP physiopathology PS parasitology RE radiation effects SU surgery TR transplantation UL ultrastructure VI virology |
Consider Also: | consider also terms at OOPHOR- and THEC- |
Related: |
Ovariectomy
MeSH |
DeCS ID: | 10230 |
Unique ID: | D010053 |
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
Revision Date: | 2018/06/30 |
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Ovary
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Concept UI |
M0015596 |
Scope note | The reproductive organ (GONADS) in female animals. In vertebrates, the ovary contains two functional parts: the OVARIAN FOLLICLE for the production of female germ cells (OOGENESIS); and the endocrine cells (GRANULOSA CELLS; THECA CELLS; and LUTEAL CELLS) for the production of ESTROGENS and PROGESTERONE. |
Preferred term | Ovary |
Entry term(s) |
Ovaries |
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