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CORPUS LUTEUM [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Genitals
Universal entry(ies)
corpus luteum
Latin
A09.1.01.015
classification system code, see observation
DEF

The yellow endocrine body ... formed in the ovary at the site of a ruptured ovarian follicle immediately after ovulation.

OBS

corpus luteum: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A09.1.01.015: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Organes génitaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
corpus luteum
Latin
A09.1.01.015
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Corps qui se forme dans l'ovaire, chez les mammifères, à la place du follicule ovarien après sa rupture et la libération de l'ovule.

CONT

Le corps jaune est une glande endocrine, produisant de la progestérone. Si l'ovule a été fécondé, le corps jaune se développe et persiste plusieurs mois (corps jaune gravidique); si la fécondation ne s'est pas produite, le corps jaune dégénère (corps jaune menstruel).

OBS

corps jaune : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A09.1.01.015 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Órganos genitales
Entrada(s) universal(es)
corpus luteum
Latin
A09.1.01.015
classification system code, see observation
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