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Placentation  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Placental Development

Note

  • check the tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY

Scope note

  • The development of the PLACENTA, a highly vascularized mammalian fetal-maternal organ and major site of transport of oxygen, nutrients, and fetal waste products between mother and FETUS. The process begins at FERTILIZATION, through the development of CYTOTROPHOBLASTS and SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLASTS, the formation of CHORIONIC VILLI, to the progressive increase in BLOOD VESSELS to support the growing fetus.

History note

  • 76(75); was see under PLACENTA 1975

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010929

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