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PLACENTATION

A FIXED LEARNING MODULE

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Formation of the Placenta (Placentation)


Structure and Function
End of the function of the Placenta
Birth of Placenta

Inner cell
mass
(embryo)

Trophoblast
(placenta)
GIVE A SHORT ACCOUNT ON
THE FOLLOWING PICTURES

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NAME AND ANSWER THESE


QUESTION MARKS

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THE CONCEPTUS IS BURRIED


IN THE DECIDUA. THIS IS
CALLED

NAME AND ANSWER THESE


QUESTION MARKS

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IDENTIFY STRUCTURES FROM THE


CONCEPTUS (RED) & MOTHER (BLUE)

IDENTIFY:

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Embryo
Amnion
Yolk sac
Chorion

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Allantois
Connecting stalk

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Chorion frondosum
Chorion leavae
Umbilical cord

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Decidua basalis

ANSWER ALL THE ??

Decisua capsularis
Decidua parietalis

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THE FOETAL MEMBRANES


D

C
F

THE FORMATION OF
FOETAL MEMBRANES:
MEMBRANES
1. Amnion
2. Yolk sac
3. Allantois
4. Chorion

Chorion = Extra embryonic


mesoderm + Trophoblast
Chorion frondosum, Chorion
leavae, Decidua Basalis,
Decidua capsularis, Decidua
parietalis

IDENTIFY THE STRUCTURES


INDICATED: A, B, C, D, E, F and G

Decidua = Pregnant
endometrium

THE PLACENTATION

B
A

D
E

IDENTIFY THE LABELLED STRUCTURES:


A, B, C, D, E, and F.

THE FOETAL PART OF THE PLACENTA


B

E
F

A
G

C
D

IDENTIFY THE STRUCTURES


INDICATED: A, B, C, D, E, F G and H

Chorion
plate

Placental
septum

A SHORT ACCOUNT
PLEASE!!

Basal plate
Stratum basale

THE PLACENTAL MEMBRANE


(BARRIER)
During fourth / fifth week the
decidual septa is covered by
a layer of syncytial cells
formation of cotyledons
(cytotrophoblast
degenerate).
In many small villi the wall of
capllaries is in direct contact
with the syncytium the
placental barrier.
NOTE: The placenta barrier
endothelium syncytial membrane mothers blood

ABSWER THE QUESTIONS!!

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GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF PLACENTA

A SHORT ACCOUNT, PLEASE!!

BIRTH OF PLACENTA

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check completeness of cotyledons.

ANSWER THE
QESTIONS

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