Open AccessTHE EVOLUTION OF CERVICAL MUCUS INFRASTRUCTURE IN NORMAL CYCLIC BABOONS (PAPI0 ANUBIS) AND CASTRATED FEMALES RECEIVING HORMONAL SUPPLIES
Author(s) -
Chréeatien F. C.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348009160084
Subject(s) - baboon , scanning electron microscope , cervical mucus , mucus , menstrual cycle , electron microscope , natural family planning , physiology , biology , anatomy , biophysics , medicine , hormone , optics , endocrinology , physics , paleontology , research methodology , ovulation , population , environmental health , family planning
. The scanning electron microscope was used to study the evolution of the infrastructure of cervical mucus in normal cyclic baboons and in castrated animals treated with ovarian hormones for establishing an artificial cycle. In both groups, the results make conspicuous the progressive enlargement of the filamentous woof, which attains a maximum at midcycle and then decreases by degrees in the second part of the cycle. It was shown that the evolution of the framework is very similar during normal and artificial cycle, with only variations of slight amplitude. Moreover, the variations in the baboon mucus infrastructure closely resemble those described in the human. The results are briefly discussed in the light of known data.