What's the difference between ova and ovule?

Ova


Definition:

  • (n. pl.) See Ovum.
  • (pl. ) of Ovum

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Since 1987, it has become possible to obtain immature ova from the living animal and to let them mature, fertilize and develop into embryos capable of transplantation outside the body.
  • (2) We previously found that transfected TNP-specific B cells undergo both Ca2+ signaling and desensitization upon interaction with the thymus-dependent Ag TNP-OVA.
  • (3) These observations indicated that OVA-binding B cells in the peripheral blood are already committed to producing IgM antibody and probably are the precursors of antibody-forming cells of the IgG or IgE class.
  • (4) Synchronously transferred ova showed no such developmental precocity.
  • (5) Trinitrophenyl (TNP) [coupled to ovalbumin (OVA)] was used as an internal antigen in prenatally trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid (TNBS)-treated mice and as an external antigen in prenatally untreated mice.
  • (6) In another experiment, animals were sacrificed on estrus of the next cycle and the oviducts examined for the number of ova.
  • (7) Over 90% of the anti-OVA antibodies were of the IgGl isotype with both adjuvants; OVA in alum induced slightly more IgGl anti-OVA antibodies than cFA.
  • (8) When the hybridoma was stimulated with OVA-pulsed APC, EGTA extracts of the cells contained GIF having affinity for OVA.
  • (9) Both syngeneic and allogeneic thymic epithelium endowed nude mice with the capacity to mount IgG antibody and delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) responses to the T-dependent antigen ovalbumin (OVA).
  • (10) There was no statistical difference in the estradiol response up to the day of laparoscopic ova recovery for the two regimes.
  • (11) A small membranous sheet of the perivitelline layer (PL) isolated from freshly ovulated ova was incubated with cock spermatozoa, and morphological changes of PL and percentage of spermatozoa lacking acrosomes were observed during incubation.
  • (12) The biochemical and hormonal changes 48 hours after ovulation imply a role for the sympathetic transmitter NE in causing a contractile state of the ampulloisthmic region ("tube locking") for retention of ova prior to nidation in the uterine cavity.
  • (13) Silver staining (Howell and Black, 1980) was used in light and electron microscopic studies for detecting the localization of argentophilic nuclear proteins in fertilized ova and cleaving mouse embryos.
  • (14) In addition, a Boyle-van't Hoff plot was derived from exposing ova to hypotonic and hypertonic solutions ranging from 0.1 to 2.8 osmol.
  • (15) Micromanipulation of sperm and ova has been suggested as a means to produce progeny of two sires instead of a sire and dam.
  • (16) Melengestrol acetate-treated animals had significantly (P less than 0.5) fewer fertilized ova at 3 days after mating (50%) as compared with control animals (100%).
  • (17) The suppressing cells in the Ova ISC were shown to be irradiation sensitive, depleted by anti-theta antiserum and complement treatment, and did not absorb to glass bead columns.
  • (18) The target lesions included 1) pyoderma caused by Staphylococcus aureus, 2) cryptococcal infection, 3) dermal sporotrichosis, 4) colon ulcer caused by amebic dysentery, 5) cutaneous leishmaniasis, and 6) chronic liver abscess containing ova of Ascaris lumbricoides.
  • (19) The ova were cultured, in the presence of colchicine, for 26 h and metaphase preparations made of the first cleavage division.
  • (20) Ova are observed in vitro to rotate counterclockwise immediately following sperm attachment.

Ovule


Definition:

  • (n.) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen.
  • (n.) An ovum.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Eight-week-old virgin untreated female mice were induced to ovulate using equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and were then caged with males overnight.
  • (2) The total content of both thyroid hormones in the oocytes increased throughout most of the ovarian cycle as the oocytes increased in size from less than 2 mg to approximately 6.5 mg by ovulation.
  • (3) GnRH infusion produced an immediate increase in plasma LH concentrations in the mares that ovulated during the infusion period and LH levels peaked at the time of ovulation.
  • (4) An experimental model was established in the ewe allowing one to predict with accuracy an antral follicle that coincidentally would either undergo ovulation (6-8 mm diameter) or atresia (3-4 mm diameter) following synchronization of luteal regression and the onset of the gonadotropin surge.
  • (5) We conclude that plasma LAP measurements have little value in monitoring ovulation induction therapy.
  • (6) The mean ovulation age for the 728 abortuses was 63.4 days (range 33--109 days).
  • (7) These results strongly suggest that urinary GAGs determination is a precise method for ovulation detection.
  • (8) These findings suggest, not only that cAMP production alone is sufficient for ovulation, but also that the receptor specificity of the cAMP production is important for the number of ovulations.
  • (9) These cells produce a neurohormone which stimulates ovulation.
  • (10) Following parturition, NONLAC cows averaged 4.0 d to negative EB nadir and 14.3 d to first ovulation.
  • (11) LH serum levels were measured by radioimmunoassay on 10 women who were near the time of presumed ovulation.
  • (12) Bactrian camels (63 female female, 8 male male) were used in the breeding season to determine the factors that will induce ovulation.
  • (13) A dose of 3.75 mg and even 4.0 mg of conjugated estrogen was not sufficient to inhibit ovulation.
  • (14) During 70 days or so from the time of recruitment until just before the beginning of the cycle during which a follicle is destined to ovulate, folliculogenesis is a continuous process dependent on gonadotrophins but independent of the fluctuations in their concentrations occurring during this time.
  • (15) In all patients buserelin clearly suppressed ovulation.
  • (16) Repeated laparoscopy in the same animal throughout the menstrual cycle showed by morphological and hormonal criteria that this technique does not significantly influence follicular growth, ovulation, luteal function or cycle length.
  • (17) 6-OHDA administered intraventricularly in doses 200-500 mug caused temporary blockade of ovulation.
  • (18) The data are expressed as percent inhibition of ovulation in the treated vs. the untreated ovaries.
  • (19) Circular cuts which surgically isolated the medial basal hypothalamus (MBH) from the remainder of the brain did not prevent copulation 4 to 24 h later, but did block reflex ovulation.
  • (20) In spite of small corpora lutea and increased follicular activity, none of the prednisolone treated heifers showed signs of oestrogen influence, and the two animals slaughtered 26 days after the start of treatment, did not ovulate or show signs of oestrus.