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VII. 



NOTES ON THE HUMAN OVAEY, WITH SPECIAL EEFEEENCE 

 TO A COEPUS LUTEUM OF OVULATION. 



By J. BRONTE GA TENBY, B.A., B.Sc, D.Phil. (Oxon.), M.A. (Duel.), 

 D.Sc. (I.OND.), F.E.M.S., Professor of Zoology and Comparative 

 Anatomy, Dublin University. 



(Plates III-V.) 



[Read December 10, 1923. Published March 12, 1924.] 



■ Contents. 



I. — Introductory, 

 II. — General Outline of the 



Formation of the Human 



Corpus Luteum, . 

 III. — Previous Work, 



IV. — TECHNiaUE 



v. — Personal Observations, 

 («) The Luteal Cell, . 



(b) The Stellate Chromopliile 



Cells, .... 



(c) The Theoa Interna Cells, 

 {d) The Theca Externa 



Columns and Lamellae, 



(e) The Follicle Epithelium 



Cells 



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VI. — Cell Ghanultaions other than 

 THE Goi.Gi Apparatus noted 

 in Cells of the Corpus 

 Luteum, .... 81 



VII. — On the two Regions of thk 

 Cavity of the Corpus 

 Luteum, . . . . 83 



VIII.— Discussion, .... 83 



IX. — Summary," . . . . 87 



X. — Bibliography, ... 88 



XI. — Description of Plates, . . 89 



I. — Introductory. 



The study of the formation of the human gametes, and of the structure 

 of the principal or primary sex organs, is one of interest to all biologists, and 

 especially to medical men. For many years I have been working on animal 

 gametogeuesis,' but hitherto have been obliged to confine myself to the study 

 of these processes in the lower organisms, mainly because it is difficult to get 

 surgeons who are sufficiently interested to carry out the instructions necessary 

 to get first-class fixation of human material ; few medical men understand 

 that ten minutes after cessation of the circulation extensive changes have 



' " The Cytoplasmic Inclusions of the Germ Cells," in ten parts. Quart. Jour. Micr. 

 Sci., 1917-1922. 



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