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Endocrine System > Endocrine Glands > Gonads > Ovary > Corpus Luteum
Urogenital System > Genitalia > Gonads > Ovary > Corpus Luteum
... > Urogenital System > Genitalia > Genitalia, Female > Adnexa Uteri > Ovary > Corpus Luteum

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Corpus Luteum  

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  • Corpora Lutea
  • Lutea, Corpora

Note

  • /cytol: consider also LUTEAL CELLS

Scope note

  • The yellow body derived from the ruptured OVARIAN FOLLICLE after OVULATION. The process of corpus luteum formation, LUTEINIZATION, is regulated by LUTEINIZING HORMONE.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003338

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