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Definition of Ovisac

Ovisac
Ovisac O"vi*sac, n. [Ovum + sac.] (Anat) (a) A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova. (b) The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle.

Meaning of Ovisac from wikipedia

- Look up marsupium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Marsupium is the Latin word for a (brood) pouch in several animal groups: Pouch (marsupial), in marsupials...
- gland is the ovisac, a distended region in which eggs are stored prior to laying. In ovoviviparous species, the egg remains within the ovisac until it hatches...
- ****uming a dorsal position. The claspers hold the female just anterior to the ovisac. A male and female may swim clasped together for a number of days. In this...
- usually into the ****ellar region. The sperm is liberated and p****es to the ovisacs, either through the coelomic channels or interstitially through specialist...
- carapace and thoracic limbs. Female Branchiura do not carry eggs in external ovisacs but attach them in rows to rocks and other objects.: 788  Most leptostracans...
- eggs on plants. The m****es, known as ovisacs, are covered in fluffy, cottony layers of wax filaments. The ovisac can contain up to 20 shiny yellowish...
- innervated, may enable the reabsorption of important metabolites from the ovisac fluid of pregnant females by directing this fluid into the renal appendages...
- have handles that are 18–23 micrometres (0.00071–0.00091 in). The female ovisac is measured 8 mm by 4 mm by 0.3 mm, with four posterior roots which have...
- mobile but non-feeding like adult males. The eggs are usually laid in an ovisac attached to the perimeter of the ventral abdomen by a band. Acropygorthezia...
- many felt scales produce a white, yellowish or gray membranous capsule or ovisac that encloses the pyriform (pear-shaped) body. The body itself varies in...