Ref : 012630-83 - © Alain GOUGEON - ISM
Preovulatory oocyte (diameter: 85 µm) after the gonadotropin surge in metaphase of the first division (M1). The contact between the cumulus cells and the oocyte are ruptured and these cumulus cells constitute the “corona radiata”. Monkey (Macaca fascicularis) ovary. Histological section, staining: haematoxylin Masson blue. LM.