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B0002101 Human egg with coronal cells/purple/alone
Credit: Yorgos Nikas. Wellcome Images
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Colour-enhanced scanning electron micrograph of a
human egg. The egg is surrounded by a glycoprotein
coat called the zona pellucida which aids in
trapping and binding the sperm. Two residual
coronal cells from the ovarian follicle are
attached to the zona pellucida.
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