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://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20959416 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_luteum ]
Term information
- EMAPA:29886
- MESH:D003338
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0010092
- MA:0002834
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_luteum
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/257943001
- CALOHA:TS-0181
- NCIT:C26465
- BTO:0000292
- FMA:18619
- UMLS:C0010092 (ncithesaurus:Corpus_Luteum)
- GAID:369
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
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].
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
Term relations
- endocrine gland
- female reproductive gland
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some ovary
- develops_from some ovarian follicle