If pregnancy does not occur, the corpus luteum undergoes luteolysis under the influence of estradiol and prostaglandins and forms scar tissue called the corpus albicans.

Authors

• Person: Feingold KR, Adler RA, Ahmed SF Organization: National Center for Biotechnology Information
  The Normal Menstrual Cycle and the Control of Ovulation - NCBI - NIH

Sources

• The Normal Menstrual Cycle and the Control of Ovulation - NCBI - NIH www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Feingold KR, Adler RA, Ahmed SF · National Center for Biotechnology Information via serper

Referenced by nodes (5)

• corpus luteum concept
• estradiol concept
• prostaglandins concept
• pregnancy concept
• luteolysis concept