glassy membrane

glassy membrane
1. the basement membrane of a vesicular ovarian follicle; in cross section it appears as a distinct brilliant line, and it persists in the ovary long after its follicle has degenerated. 2. lamina basalis choroideae. 3. hyaline m. (def. 1).

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