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Coelomic epithelium

Section passing transversely through the gonad of a typical stage 18 embryo showing the initial sexual differentiation of coelomic epithelium of a female. The surface of the gonad is smooth, and there is a distinctly marked-off layer of "germinal epithelium."

O'Rahilly and Müller, 1987.


Keywords: coelomic epithelium, germinal epithelium, glomerulus, gonad


Source: The Virtual Human Embryo.