it is concluded , that follicle cells provide each oocyte with a compartmentalized microenvironment within the ovarian lumen , that such compartments are intimately associated with the nutrient laden haemal sinus , and that nutritive and vitellogenic substances , derived extragonadally and stored temporarily in the ovarian wall , can pass through the oocyte-stalk .
C0018120
follicle
C0029045
oocyte