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Placental Types

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Throughout pregnancy, the viviparous vertebrates develop a system of membranes that surround the fetus. The apposition or fusion of these fetal membranes with the uterine mucosa, for purposes of maternofetal physiological exchange, initiates the formation of the placenta. To put it differently, the fetus is surrounded by the fetal membranes, to which it is connected by the umbilical cord (Figure 4.1). The sac of membranes lies in the uterine cavity and has contact with the endometrium over almost its entire surface. The maternofetal contact zone, thus provided by membranes and endometrium, represents the placenta.

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  1. University Medical Center, University of California, San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, 92103-8321, San Diego, California, USA

    Kurt Benirschke MD (Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Reproductive Medicine, Emeritus)

  2. Institut für Anatomie der Medizinischen Fakultät, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Wendlingweg 2, 52057, Aachen, Germany

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Benirschke, K., Kaufmann, P. (2000). Placental Types. In: Pathology of the Human Placenta. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4199-5_4

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