Abstract
SummaryThe rete ovarii of cattle may be morphologically divided into the intraovarian rete, the connecting rete, and the extraovarian rete. The connecting rete may be subdivided into that portion which lies within the ovary proper and that portion that lies in the mesovarium. The portion of the connecting rete which lies in the mesovarium is connected to the infundibulum of the uterine tube by a patent tubo‐retial communication.Mitotic figures were observed in the epithelial cells of the rete ovarii during estrus, during metestrus, following superovulation, and in association with the cystadenomatous change which was observed in one ovary of an estrus cow. The epithelial lining of microcysts appeared to proliferate and produce material which filled the cysts. The occurrence of vesicles in the retial epithelium appeared more commonly during diestrus and gestation. The greatest amount of cells, cellular debris and amorphous luminal material was observed during anestrus, diestrus and gestation.
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