corpus luteum
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002512
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
- MA:0002834
- EMAPA:29886
- NCIT:C26465
- Wikipedia:Corpus_luteum
- BTO:0000292
- MESH:D003338
- UMLS:C0010092 (ncithesaurus:Corpus_Luteum)
- GAID:369
- CALOHA:TS-0181
- FMA:18619
- SCTID:257943001
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
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
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Folliclesinovary.jpg
luteal gland
uberon
UBERON:0002512
Corpus luteum
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7762, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- female reproductive organ
- endocrine gland
- female reproductive gland
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some ovary
- has part some luteal cell
- only in taxon some Mammalia
- develops from some ovarian follicle
- capable of some progesterone secretion