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corpus luteum

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A transient endocrine gland that develops from the postovulatory or atretic follicles and secretes progesterone; it is thought to be related to egg retention[PMID]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_luteum http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20959416 ]

Synonyms: corpora lutea, corpus luteum of ovary, ovarian corpus luteum

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

plural term
corpora lutea

UBPROP 0000008

maintains the endometrium in mammals[WP]. A corpus luteum is known in hagfish (100), Squalus (101), and salamander (100) but not lamprey (102). There are no data for Branchiostoma and Ciona, and given that they are multiple spawners, there is no a priori reason to conclude that they lack a corpus luteum

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Folliclesinovary.jpg

has related synonym

luteal gland

id

UBERON:0002512

prefLabel

Corpus luteum

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7762, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606