Editing Corpus albicans (section)

{{Short description|Structure derived from the corpus luteum}}
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| Name        = Corpus albicans
| Latin       = corpus albicans
| Image       = Corpus albicans.JPG
| Caption     = Human corpus albicans
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The '''corpus albicans''' ([[Latin]] for "whitening body"; also known as '''atretic corpus luteum''', '''corpus candicans''', or simply as '''albicans''') is the regressed form of the [[corpus luteum]]. As the corpus luteum is being broken down by [[macrophage]]s, [[fibroblast]]s 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]].

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