organ part ovary corpus luteum http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85033012 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D003338 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C26465 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002512 http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma18619 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_luteum https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q749637 QP261 A09.1.01.015 A group of cells that remain of the Graafian follicle following ovulation. This structure is composed of endocrine tissue and produces progesterone. This is needed to prepare the uterine lining for implantation by the fertilized egg. QL881 QM421 The yellow body derived from the ruptured ovarian follicle after ovulation. The process of corpus luteum formation, luteinization, is regulated by luteinizing hormone. corpus luteum of ovary The Complete Dictionary of Sexology