mature ovarian follicle

Missing definition for term UBERON:0003982. Please replace it using linked reference. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the mature ovarian follicle is

Missing definition for term UBERON:0003982. Please replace it using linked reference. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the mature ovarian follicle is

It sits within the reproductive system. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.

What the mature ovarian follicle connects to

The atlas records 3 typed relationships for it, across 3 kinds of connection. a kind of ovarian follicle.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the mature ovarian follicle. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as ovarian follicle stage IV, ovary mature follicle, antral follicle, folliculi ovarici vesiculosi and preovulatory follicle. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0003982, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Questions

Where is the mature ovarian follicle?

It sits within the reproductive system. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.

What does the mature ovarian follicle connect to?

A kind of: ovarian follicle.

Is the mature ovarian follicle the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.