Definitions for "Cumulus Oophorus"
Keywords:  ovum, mound, ovarian, follicle, egg
(Latin cumulus = a little mound G. oon = egg + phorus = bearing) part of the wall of an ovarian follicle surrounding and carrying the ovum (oocyte). (More? Week 1 Notes)
A protective layer of cells surrounding the egg.
cumulus - a little mound; Gr. oophoros - bearing eggs]. A thickening of follicular cells that encloses the ovum and projects from the stratum granulosum into the antrum.