The fluid surrounding the ovum and granulosa cells in the ovarian follicle. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A145114847X MESH:D015571 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Follicular_fluid ]
Synonyms: ovary follicle fluid liquor folliculi liquor follicularis
Term information
- BTO:0004383
- NCIT:C52556
- MESH:D015571
- FMA:18665
- UMLS:C1709369 (ncithesaurus:Ovarian_Follicle_Fluid)
- CALOHA:TS-0728
- Wikipedia:Follicular_fluid
- GAID:372
- MA:0002511
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
ovarian follicular fluid
antral fluid, ovarian follicle
liquor folliculi
ovary follicular fluid
The follicular fluid contains sex steroids, glycoprotein hormones, plasma proteins, mucopolysaccharides, and enzymes and is rich in hyaluronic acid.
Generally, larger species such as ovine, equine, porcine, human, and bovine have larger follicles, with the fluid comprising a substantial proportion of the volume of the follicles at ovulation (estimated at >95% in bovine [3]). Smaller species such as rats and mice have smaller follicles with fractionally less follicular fluid[20164441]
Term relations
- organism substance
- organism substance
- protein-containing material entity
- surrounds some egg cell
- has part some glycoprotein
- part of some ovarian follicle
- located in some follicular antrum
- has part some secretion of exocrine gland
- has part some transudate