oogonia


oogonium

(ō″ō-gō′nē-ŭm) plural.oogonia [″ + gone, seed] 1. The primordial cell from which an oocyte originates.2. A descendant of the primordial cell from which the oocyte arises.

oogonia

The precursors of OOCYTES in the OVARY derived from primordial female germ cells that have migrated to the site of the ovaries.