(kor'pŭs , kor'pŏ-ră)

Plural: corpora

[L. corpus, stem corpor-, body]

1. A mass or body.
2. The principal part of an organ.

c. albicans A mass of fibrous tissue that replaces the regressing corpus luteum following rupture of the graafian follicle. It forms a white scar that gradually decreases and eventually disappears.

c. amygdaloideum Almond-shaped gray matter in the lateral wall and roof of the third ventricle of the brain.

c. amylaceum A mass with an irregular laminated structure like a starch grain, found in the prostate, meninges, lungs, and other organs in various diseases. SYN: colloid corpuscle.

c. annulare Pons varolii.

c. callosum The large commissure that interconnects the right and left cerebral hemispheres in the brain. SYN: callosum.

c. cavernosum Any erectile tissue, esp. the erectile bodies of the penis, clitoris, male or female urethra, bulb of the vestibule, or nasal conchae.

c. cavernosum penis One of the two columns of erectile tissue on the dorsum of the penis.

c. cerebellum One of the two lateral portions of the cerebellum exclusive of the central flocculonodular node.

c. ciliare The ciliary body.

SEE: ciliary body.

c. dentatum The gray layer in the white matter of the cerebellum. SYN: corpus rhomboidale.

c. fornicis The body of the fornix.

SEE: fornix.

c. geniculatum Either the lateral geniculate body or the medial geniculate body.

SEE: lateral geniculate body; medial geniculate body.

c. hemorrhagicum A blood clot formed in the cavity left by rupture of the graafian follicle.

c. highmorianum Mediastinum testis.

c. interpedunculare The gray matter between the peduncles in front of the pons varolii.

c. luteum The small yellow endocrine structure that develops within a ruptured ovarian follicle and secretes progesterone and estrogen.

SEE: fertilization for illus.

c. Luysii Subthalamic nucleus

c. mammillare The mammillary body.

SEE: mammillary body.

c. rhomboidale Corpus dentatum.

c. spongiosum Erectile tissue surrounding the male urethra inside the shaft of the penis.

SEE: penis for illus.

c. striatum Striatum.

c. subthalamicum Subthalamic nucleus

c. trapezoideum The trapezoid body.

SEE: trapezoid body.

c. uteri The main body of the uterus, located above the cervix.

c. vitreum Vitreous (2).