Tags: Anatomical Structure.
The corpus albicans (Latin for whitening body ) (also known as atretic corpus luteum corpus candicans or simply as albicans) is the regressed form of the corpus luteum. As the corpus luteum is being broken down by macrophages fibroblasts lay down type I collagen forming the corpus albicans. This process is called luteolysis. The remains of the corpus albicans may persist as a scar on the surface of the ovary.
