This low magnification
image of a section from the ovary shows numerous ovarian follicles
in the different stages of development surrounded by a stroma
of connective tissue. The surface of the ovary is covered by a single layer
of cuboidal cells, referred to as the germinal epithelium,
although it has nothing to do with the actual germ cells. Between the germinal
epithelium and the outer group of small (primordial)
follicles is a thick layer of connective tissue called the tunica
albuginea.
