Oocytes

Japanese: oocyte
Oocytes

… The egg as a gamete is often observed with various accessories, such as various acellular membrane structures called chorion and follicular (medically called ovarian) cells that surround it during egg formation, and the words egg or ovum are often used to refer to the entire complex structure. On the other hand, egg cells in the ovary that have not yet undergone maturation division are not gametes but oocytes (medically called oogonia). In mammals, primary oocytes in the ovary release their first polar body at ovulation to become secondary oocytes (medically called oocytes), and at the same time as fertilization, they release their second polar body to complete meiosis. …

From [Ovary]

…In vertebrates, the gonad primordium is made up of an epithelium and a medulla surrounded by it. The medulla degenerates, and the ovaries are constructed from the epithelium. The epithelium is called the germinal epithelium, and contains the oogonium (called oogonia in medicine) and oocytes. In amphibians and fish, after the connective tissue that makes up the medulla degenerates, it becomes the ovarian cavity, where mature oocytes, or eggs, are released. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "oocyte" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 本来の配偶子としての卵は,その周囲をいろいろな卵膜と呼ばれる無細胞性の膜構造や,卵形成に際して,その周囲を取り囲んで存在する濾胞(医学では卵胞と呼ぶ)細胞などさまざまな付属物とともに観察されることが多く,卵または卵子の語は,そのような複合構造全体に対して用いられていることが多い。一方,卵巣内にあって,いまだ成熟分裂を行っていない卵細胞は,配偶子ではなく,卵母細胞oocyte(医学では卵祖細胞と呼ぶ)の状態である。哺乳類では,卵巣内の第1次卵母細胞が排卵時に第1極体を放出して第2次卵母細胞(医学では卵娘細胞と呼ぶ)となり,受精と同時に第2極体を放出して減数分裂を完了する。…

【卵巣】より

…脊椎動物では上皮と,それに包まれた髄質部から成る生殖腺原基の,髄質部分が退化して,上皮部分から卵巣が構築されている。上皮は生殖上皮と呼ばれ,卵原細胞oogonium(医学では卵祖細胞と呼ぶ),卵母細胞oocyteなどを含む。両生類や魚類では髄質部を成す結合組織が退化した後は卵巣腔となり,成熟した卵母細胞,または卵は,ここに排卵される。…

※「oocyte」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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