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Fish Reproduction - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
Revision as of 08:36, 1 August 2008
, 08:36, 1 August 2008→Ovaries
* Enclosed by a tunica albuginea containing fibrous tissue and smooth muscle.
* Enclosed by a tunica albuginea containing fibrous tissue and smooth muscle.
* Appear as a small cluster of orange/white spheres in the immature fish.
* Appear as a small cluster of orange/white spheres in the immature fish.
* Parenchyma consists of a well vascularised connective tissue stroma containing germinal and folicular epithelium.
* Hormones are produced by follicular tissue.
* Primary ovarian cells line hollow cavities with folded walls.
** Oogonia are shed into this cavity, gaining a layer of epithelial cells in the process.
** Become granulosa cells, responsible for yolk formation in the developing egg.
* Ovarian follicle grows.
** Hyaline zone forms between the oocyte and the epithelial cells - the zona pellucida.
== Oviduct ==
== Oviduct ==