For the first time, the image of ovulation is recorded

Scientists have captured a close-up image of a human egg falling out of an ovary, completely coincidentally during a normal operation.

Usually women lose an egg every month, but so far, it has been recorded in detail about this process in animals. And gynecologist Jacques Donnez at the Catholic University in Louvain, Belgium, was the first to witness this process during an operation to remove the womb on a 45-year-old Belgian woman.

Human eggs are made from follicles. These are bags filled with fluid in the ovary. When the time is right for ovulation, the follicle will protrude a dark red lump. The egg will come out from here, covered with a layer of plastic containing cells.

Ovulation takes place in the ovary's tissue.

The process is recorded in detail for the first time.

The egg comes out from a follicle in the ovary.

After getting out, it will go down the fallopian tube to wait for fertilization.

In humans, each egg is only as big as a dot, and the entire ovary is only about 5 cm long.

Dr Donnez said the photos could help scientists better understand the mechanism of ovulation. Earlier, some theories suggested that the process took place in a booming manner, but according to what he witnessed, the whole event took place within 15 minutes.

"It is interesting to see the image of ovulation, to see it in real life is a very rare case," said Professor Alan McNeilly at the Commission on Human Reproduction in Edinburgh, England, said. "It is a key part of the whole process, a beginning of life in some way."