corpus albicans: Definition from Answers.com

human corpus albicans.

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.

References

Stedman's/LWW 1505656
Hiatt, James L.; Gartner, Leslie P. (2001). Color textbook of histology. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-8806-3.

External links

Histology at OU 97_03
Histology at BU 18104loa - "Female Reproductive System: ovary, corpus albicans"
Histology at KUMC female-female09

Female reproductive system

Adnexa

Follicles/ Folliculogenesis	corpus (hemorrhagicum, luteum, albicans) · Theca of follicle (externa, interna) · Follicular antrum (Follicular fluid) · Corona radiata · Zona pellucida · Membrana granulosa (Granulosa cells)

Ovaries/ Oogenesis	Germinal epithelium · Tunica albuginea · cortex (Cumulus oophorus, Stroma) · Medulla

Fallopian tubes	Isthmus · Ampulla · Infundibulum · Fimbria

Ligaments	Broad (components: Mesovarium, Mesosalpinx, Mesometrium contents: Round of uterus, Proper of ovary) · Suspensory of ovary · Cardinal

Uterus

corpus/body (Cavity of the body, Fundus)

cervix/neck (External orifice, Canal of the cervix, Internal orifice)

layers (Endometrium, Myometrium, Perimetrium) · Uterine horns

Vulva/
mons pubis

Vagina	vestibular glands/ducts (Bartholin's glands/Bartholin's ducts, Skene's glands/Skene's ducts) · Fossa of vestibule of vagina · Vaginal fornix · Hymen · Orifice

Labium	commissures (Anterior · Posterior) · Frenulum labiorum pudendi · Labia majora · Cleft of venus · Labia minora · Vulval vestibule · interlabial sulci

Clitoris	Vestibular bulbs · Clitoral crura · Corpus cavernosa · Clitoral glans (Frenulum, Hood)

Breast

Mammary glands · Nipple · Areola · Lactiferous duct · Cooper's ligaments

Vestiges

Wolffian (Gartner's duct, Epoophoron, Paroöphoron) · Canal of Nuck

Other

G-spot · Urethral sponge · Perineal sponge

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