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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.
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Female reproductive system |
| Ovaries/Oogenesis: Germinal epithelium - Tunica albuginea - cortex (Cumulus oophorus, Stroma) - Medulla
Follicles/Folliculogenesis: corpus (hemorrhagicum, luteum, albicans) - Theca folliculi (externa, interna) - Follicular antrum (Follicular fluid) - Corona radiata - Zona pellucida - Membrana granulosa (Granulosa cells)
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 (Labial commissures, Frenulum labiorum pudendi, Labia majora, Cleft of venus, Labia minora, Vulval vestibule, interlabial sulci) - Clitoris (Clitoral hood , Clitoral glans, Frenulum clitoridis, Clitoral crura, Corpus cavernosa, Vestibular bulbs) - Vagina (Bartholin's glands, Bartholin's ducts, Skene's glands, Skene's ducts , Fossa of vestibule of vagina, Fornix vaginae, Hymen)
Breast: Mammary glands - Nipple - Areola - Lactiferous duct
G-spot - Urethral sponge
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