The corpus albicans (Latin for "white body" ) is the regressed form of the corpus luteum. The corpus luteum ( Latin for "yellow body" (plural corpora lutea) is a temporary Endocrine structure in mammals involved in production of As the corpus luteum is being broken down by macrophages, fibroblasts lay down type I collagen, forming the corpus albicans. Macrophages ( Greek: "big eaters" from makros "large" + phagein "eat" ( Mø) are cells within the tissues that A fibroblast is a type of cell that synthesizes and maintains the Extracellular matrix of many Animal tissues Collagen is the main Protein of Connective tissue in Animals and the most abundant protein in Mammals making up about 50% of the whole-body protein This process is called "luteolysis". Luteolysis is the structural and functional degradation of the Corpus luteum that occurs at the end of the Luteal phase in the absence of Pregnancy. The remains of the corpus albicans may persist as a scar on the surface of the ovary. "Ovaria" redirects here This is also a proposed section and a Synonym of Solanum.
The corpus albicans is also known as atretic corpus luteum, corpus candicans, or simply as albicans.
References
- Stedman's/LWW 1505656
- Hiatt, James L. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is an academic and professional medical publisher founded in 1792 and now a part of the Wolters Kluwer group ; Gartner, Leslie P. (2001). Color textbook of histology. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-8806-3.
External links
- Histology at OU 97_03
- UIUC Histology Subject 1014
- Histology at BU 18104loa - "Female Reproductive System: ovary, corpus albicans"
- Histology at KUMC female-female09
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