human_reference_atlas part of Homo sapiens organ part ovary ovary stroma ovary stroma ovarian interstitia SCTID:259306002 stroma ovarii interstitial tissue of ovary UMLS:C0737271 NCIT:C33638 stroma ovarica Wikipedia:Stroma_of_ovary AS ovarian interstitia stroma of the ovary MA:0002991 ovary stroma EMAPA:28880 UBERON:0006960 ovarian stroma ovary stroma uberon CALOHA:TS-1246 FMA:18626 The stroma of the ovary is a peculiar soft tissue, abundantly supplied with blood vessels, consisting for the most part of spindle-shaped cells with a small amount of ordinary connective tissue. These cells have been regarded by some anatomists as unstriped muscle cells, which, indeed, they most resemble; by others as connective-tissue cells. On the surface of the organ this tissue is much condensed, and forms a layer composed of short connective-tissue fibers, with fusiform cells between them. The stroma of the ovary may contain interstitial cells resembling those of the testis. ovarian cortex central inferior antimesenteric ovary central inferior mesenteric ovary central superior antimesenteric ovary central superior mesenteric ovary lateral inferior antimesenteric ovary lateral inferior mesenteric ovary lateral superior antimesenteric ovary lateral superior mesenteric ovary medial inferior antimesenteric ovary medial inferior mesenteric ovary medial superior antimesenteric ovary medial superior mesenteric ovary