How do oocytes disappear?
It has been study using transmission and scanner electron microscopy the mean procedures of dessaparence of the oocytes. On described three methods: 1. The necrosis of the oocytes. 2. The autolysis and fagocitosis by granulosa cells. 3. The migration of those to the superphicie and fall into the peritoneal cavity. Using the scanner electron microscopy in ovaries of fetus and newborn it seems the latest method to bee the most important during the intrauterine life. After the birth, this last phenomenon seems to disappear.
D001329:Autolysis; D002465:Cell Movement; D002470:Cell Survival; D005260:Female; D006107:Granulosa Cells / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009336:Necrosis; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010053:Ovary / Q000166:cytology; D010063:Ovum / Q000502:physiology*; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000166:cytology; D010587:Phagocytosis