Corpus albicans

The post ovulatory phase of the female reproductive cycle is the most constant in duration, lasting approximately from day 15 to 28 and represents the time between ovulation and the onset of the next menses. In the ovary, after ovulation, the LH stimulates the remnants of the mature follicle to develop into the corpus luteum, which secretes increasing quantities of progesterone and some estrogens. This is called the luteal phase of the ovarian cycle. Subsequent events in the ovary that ovulated an oocyte depend on whether or not the oocyte becomes fertilized. If the oocyte is not fertilized, the corpus luteum has a lifespan of only two weeks, after which it degenerates into a corpus albicans. As the levels of prog-... 

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