OVARY

n. Ov'a2-ri2. Gr., <odpiov. Lat., ovarium, a place where eggs are developed. Fr.. ovaire, testicule femelle (1st def.). Ger., Eierstock, Ovarium, Ovarie. 1. The structure in which the ova are developed. In the human species the ovaries are two flattened, oval bodies, one on each side, situated in the posterior layer b VERTICAL SECTION OF AN OVARY OP A HITMAN FCETU8 THIRTY-TWO WEEKS OLD. [FROM LUSK, AFTER WALDEYER.] a, a, epithelium; ft, b, latest developed epithelial cells, situated in the epithelial laver; e, trabeculie of connective ti ue which have penetrated into the epithelial layer: e e 'primordial follicles surrounded by fine connective-ti ue cells; f, groups of imbedded epithelial cells, among which may be distinguished certain ones of large size (primordial ova) g, granular cells of His. of the broad ligament of the uterus, each averaging about H in. long, } in. wide, and in. thick. The organ weighs from 60 to 100 rains. Its two sides and the upper border are free; the lower forder (the hilum) is attached to the broad ligament; and to the upper end is attached one of the fimbrige of the oviduct. [L.] 2. In botany, the hollow, usually basal, portion of the pistil containing the ovules. [B, 123, 291 (a, 35).] Irritable o. Intermittent and paroxysmal oophoralgia with slight or imperceptible ovarian congestion, [a, 34.] [s. 187]