Template:Term Placenta Measurements table

From Embryology
Term Placenta Measurements
Variable Unit Placenta (mean, n = 15)
Intervillous space mL 213
Stem villi mL 71.4
Peripheral villi mL 326
Trophoblast mL 95.5
Stroma mL 184
Fetal capillaries mL 46.9
Non-parenchyma mL 41.5
Peripheral villi km 89.2
Fetal capillaries km 310
total surface area villi µm2 3700
total surface area capillary µm2 150
Capillaries mL mL-1 0.147
Length ratio km km-1 3.6
Table data[1]
  1. Mayhew TM. (2009). A stereological perspective on placental morphology in normal and complicated pregnancies. J. Anat. , 215, 77-90. PMID: 19141109 DOI.