CORPUS LUTEUM (corpora lutea)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: corpora lutea   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does corpus luteum mean? 

• CORPUS LUTEUM (noun)
  The noun CORPUS LUTEUM has 1 sense:

1. yellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum; it degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun

  Familiarity information: CORPUS LUTEUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORPUS LUTEUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Yellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum; it degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("corpus luteum" is a kind of...):

ductless gland; endocrine; endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)

Holonyms ("corpus luteum" is a part of...):

Graafian follicle (a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg)

Derivation:

luteal (of or relating to the corpus luteum)

 Context examples 

The cells of the corpus luteum which are derived from the granulosa cells and the theca cells of the Graafian follicle.

(Lutein Cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Representative examples include simple, complex, corpus luteum, and endometrioid cysts.

(Ovarian Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

Once ovulation occurs, the granulosa cells become part of the corpus luteum.

(Ovarian Granulosa Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A sialoglycoprotein hormone secreted by the placenta and maintains the corpus luteum at the beginning of the gestation period.

(Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, NCI Thesaurus)

A cell of the corpus luteum of the ovary that is derived from the granulosa cells of the preovulatory follicle; it secretes progesterone and estrogen.

(Granulosa Lutein Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Without progesterone, the corpus luteum regresses, and menstruation is initiated.

(Anti-human Chorionic Gonadotropin Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

The process by which the ovarian follicle becomes the corpus luteum.

(Development of Corpus Luteum, NCI Thesaurus)

Prostaglandin F2 alpha stimulates myometrial activity, relaxes the cervix, inhibits corpus luteal steroidogenesis, and induces luteolysis by direct action on the corpus luteum.

(Dinoprost, NCI Thesaurus)

Anti-human chorionic gonadotropin vaccine blocks the activity of hCG which is naturally produced by the trophectoderm of the pre-implantation embryo within a few days of fertilization. hCG is required for the maintenance of the corpus luteum in the ovary thus ensuring its continued production of progesterone, which is required for the successful completion of implantation of the blastocyst.

(Anti-human Chorionic Gonadotropin Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)