Ovary stroma
Ovary stroma
Definition
The stroma of the ovary is a peculiar soft tissue, abundantly supplied with blood vessels, consisting for the most part of spindle-shaped cells with a small amount of ordinary connective tissue. These cells have been regarded by some anatomists as unstriped muscle cells, which, indeed, they most resemble; by others as connective-tissue cells. On the surface of the organ this tissue is much condensed, and forms a layer composed of short connective-tissue fibers, with fusiform cells between them. The stroma of the ovary may contain interstitial cells resembling those of the testis.
Also known as interstitial tissue of ovary, ovarian stroma, ovary stroma, stroma of the ovary, stroma ovarica — per UBERON
The Ovary stroma is a part of the Reproductive.