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Image:Illu ovary 2.jpg The corpus albicans (Latin for "white body" ) is the regressed form of the corpus luteum. As the corpus luteum is being broken down by macrophages, fibroblasts lay down type I collagen, forming the corpus albicans. This process is called "luteolysis". The remains of the corpus albicans may persist as a scar on the surface of the ovary.

The corpus albicans is also known as atretic corpus luteum, corpus candicans, or simply as albicans.

[edit] References

• Stedman's/LWW 1505656
• Hiatt, James L. and Leslie P. Gartner. Color Textbook of Histology, 2nd ed. (2001). ISBN 0-7216-8806-3

[edit] 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

v • d • e</div> Female reproductive system

Ovaries: Germinal epithelium | Tunica albuginea | cortex (Cumulus oophorus, Stroma of ovary) | Medulla of ovary Follicles: Corpus luteum | Corpus albicans | Granulosa cells | Membrana granulosa | Corona radiata | Theca of follicle | Follicular antrum | Follicular fluid | Zona pellucida | Folliculogenesis/Oogenesis Ligaments: Proper | Suspensory | Round | Broad (Mesovarium, Mesosalpinx, Mesometrium) | Cardinal Fallopian tubes: Isthmus | Ampulla | Infundibulum | Fimbria Uterus: cervix/neck (External orifice, Canal of the cervix, Internal orifice) | corpus/body (Cavity of the body, Fundus) | layers (Endometrium, Myometrium, Perimetrium) Vulva: Mons pubis | Labium  (Labia majora, Labia minora, Cleft of venus, Labial commissures) | Clitoris  (Clitoral hood , Clitoral glans, Frenulum clitoridis, Clitoral crura, Corpus cavernosa, Vestibular bulbs) | Bartholin's glands  | Vagina (Skene's glands , Fossa of vestibule of vagina) | Frenulum labiorum pudendi | Hymen | Vulval vestibule Breast: Mammary glands | Nipple | Areola | Lactiferous duct G-spot | Urethral sponge