Definitions for "Follicles"
Blisterlike structures within the ovary that contain eggs and that produce female sex hormones.
Each month several of these small egg-containing cavities develop on the ovary of an ovulating woman. Each cavity contains a single immature egg; ovulation occurs when a follicle (or sometimes more than one) ruptures and releases an egg.
Ova-containing sacs in the mammalian ovary.
Microscopic spherical units that make up the thyroid gland.
Spherical structures that make up the thyroid gland; contain a gel-like colloid surrounded by a single layer of cells, which secrete thyroglobulin into the colloid.
hyperplasia of the lymphoid tissue within the conjunctival stroma; resemble “Rice-a-Roni” embedded in the inferior conjunctiva; seen primarily in adenoviral and chlamydial infections, as well as in toxic reactions
The hair follicle is the tiny blub under your scalp from which the hair grows.
are pore-like structures in the epidermis each container a papilla and growing hair shaft.
Shafts through which hair grows.
A dry dehiscent fruit opening only along one suture and the product of a single carpel.
A small cavity or depression on the skin.