Regression of corpus luteum, light micrograph

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Light micrograph of an involuting corpus luteum in a human ovary. The folded wall is still recognisable. Eventually, it will be replaced by a white scar of fibrous collagenous tissue, the corpus albicans.

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Keywords: -, albicans, anatomy, body, collagen, corpus, eosin, female., haematoxylin, healthy, histological, histology, human, involution, light, lm, luteum, micrograph, microscopy, normal, ovary, paraffin, reproductive, scar, section, tissue