Histological study of ovaries of female golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)‎

Abstract EN

This study was carried out in order to investigate the histological structure of ovaries of the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus).

Ovaries were obtained by laparoscopic surgery and were then divided into two sections and fixed in buffered formalin for histological sectioning technique.

In histological examinations the ovary was composed of two main zones, cortex and medulla.

The surfaces of the ovaries were lined by simple cuboidal or columnar epithelium, germinal epithelium.

The tunica albuginea consisted of connective tissue fibers and cells in the cortex, as well as interstitial cells.

primary, secondary, Graffian follicles, corpus luteum and atretic follicles were seen in the cortex of ovaries.

Mean diameters of these follicles varied between 9.5 and 62.37 μm.

Medulla consisted of loose connective tissue which contained blood and lymph vessels of varying sizes.

The length, width, thickness and weight of the right and left ovaries were almost the same.