Changes

* In all domestic species except the horse, ovaries are ellipsoidal in shape and their surface has large follicles and corpora lutea.

* In all domestic species except the horse, ovaries are ellipsoidal in shape and their surface has large follicles and corpora lutea.

* The ovaries of the mare are kidney shaped and the surface is smooth.

* The ovaries of the mare are kidney shaped and the surface is smooth.

*The ovaries are suspended in the abdominal cavity by the Mesovarium of the [[The Uterus_-_The Broad Ligament_- Anatomy & Physiology|Broad Ligament]].

*The ovaries are suspended in the abdominal cavity by the Mesovarium of the [[Broad Ligament - Anatomy & Physiology|Broad Ligament]].

==Structure==

==Structure==

=== Arterial Supply ===

=== Arterial Supply ===

* The ovarian artery (a branch of the Aorta) and ovarian branches of the Uterine artery form anastomoses in the mesovarium and the [[The_Uterus_-_The_Broad_Ligament_- Anatomy & Physiology|broad ligament]].

* The ovarian artery (a branch of the Aorta) and ovarian branches of the Uterine artery form anastomoses in the mesovarium and the [[Broad Ligament - Anatomy & Physiology|broad ligament]].

* From this arterial plexus ~10 coiled Helicine arteries enter the hilus of the ovary.

* From this arterial plexus ~10 coiled Helicine arteries enter the hilus of the ovary.

* Smaller branches form a plexus at the corticomedullary junction, giving rise to straight Cortical arterioles, which radiate into the cortex.

* Smaller branches form a plexus at the corticomedullary junction, giving rise to straight Cortical arterioles, which radiate into the cortex.