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Placenta (villi)

Histology · Reproductive

Figure 3. Schematic representation of a human placenta during the first trimester of pregnancy. The chorionic plate represents the embryonic side of the placenta from which placental villi grow into the intervillous space. Anchoring villi are connected to the uterine wall by trophoblast cell columns from which extravillian trophoblasts invade into uterine tissues. From these sites interstitial tro
Figure 3. Schematic representation of a human placenta during the first trimester of pregnancy. The chorionic plate represents the embryonic side of the placenta from which…

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