A maturing ovarian follicle that has two more more layers of granulosa cells, up to the onset of antrum formation. [ http://www.repropedia.org/secondary-ovarian-follicle http://ovary.stanford.edu http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0001546 ]
Synonyms: ovary secondary follicle pre-antral follicle folliculus ovaricus secondarius preantral follicle secondary follicle of ovary
Term information
- EMAPA:35632
- FMA:18637
- MA:0002908
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
secondary follicle
pre-ovulatory follicle
secondary egg follicle
antral follicle of ovary
Term relations
- ovarian follicle and has potential to develop into some tertiary ovarian follicle and has component min 2 granulosa cell layer