The Human Placenta

adjacent amnion anastomoses attached basal plate basement membrane blastocyst blood vessels Boyd and Hamilton brush border C.R. length foetus capillary chorii chorion laeve chorionic plate chorionic sac chorionic villi circulation cotyledons crown-rump length cytoplasm cytotrophoblastic cells decidua basalis decidua capsularis decidua parietalis decidual cells described dichorial dilated Electron micrograph endometrial endometrium endoplasmic enzyme fibrin fibrinoid foetal blood full-term placenta function glands glycogen Graph Hertig histological Hofbauer cells hormone human placenta implantation increase injected intervillous space investigators lacunae Langhans cells Langhans layer lobes lumen Magnified circa marginal maternal blood mature placenta microvilli monochorial nuclei peripheral Photograph Photomicrograph placenta placenta associated placental barrier placental weight portion possess pregnancy present region separated septa shell specimens spiral arteries stages Stieve stroma structure surface syncytial sprouts syncytiotrophoblast syncytium terminal villi thickness tion trophoblast trunci twins umbilical arteries umbilical cord uterine uterus vacuoles vascular veins venous villous wall Wislocki