The cells above the stratum basale were polygonal cells with central nucleus and cytoplasm filled with rough endoplasmic reticulum, ribosome, golgi apparatus and tonofibril.
Exodermis An outermost layer of thickened or suberized cortical cells that sometimes replaces the epidermal layer in the older parts of roots if the epidermal cells have died.
Each follicle is initially made up of an immature sex cell, or primary oocyte, which is the female sex cell, and layers of theca and granulosa cells surrounding the oocyte.