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==Historic - Fetal Membranes Images==
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* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12914725&dopt=Abstract Evain-Brion D, Malassine A.]    [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Display&dopt=pubmed_pubmed&from_uid=12914725&tool=ExternalSearch [See Related Articles]] Human placenta as an endocrine organ. Growth Horm IGF Res. 2003 Aug;13 Suppl A:S34-7.
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12914725&dopt=Abstract Evain-Brion D, Malassine A.]    [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Display&dopt=pubmed_pubmed&from_uid=12914725&tool=ExternalSearch [See Related Articles]] Human placenta as an endocrine organ. Growth Horm IGF Res. 2003 Aug;13 Suppl A:S34-7.


==Take the Quiz==
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{The maternal endometrium response to trophoblast invasion is called the decidual reaction.
|type="()"}
+ true
- false
|| Yes, the endometrium becomes decisualised, deposits fibrinoid and  also forms epithelial plaques.
{The human placenta is classified as :
|type="()"}
- Endotheliochorial
+ Haemochorial
- Epitheliochoria
- Mesoeliochorial
||Haemochorial - placenta where the chorion comes in direct contact with maternal blood (human)
{Stem villi - or terminal villi, are the region of main exchange, surrounded by maternal blood in intervillous spaces.
|type="()"}
- true
+ false
|| Stem villi - or anchoring villi, cytotrophoblast cells attached to maternal tissue.
{The 4 cellular layers separating maternal and fetal blood in sequence are:
|type="()"}
- spiral artery wall, Nichbaur layer, cytotrophoblast and Hofbaur layer
+ syncitiotrophoblast, cytotrophoblast, villi connective tissue and fetal capillary endothelium
- maternal lacuna, trophoblast layer, endothelial and fetal red blood cell
- fetal capillary endothelium, villi connective tissue, cytotrophoblast and syncitiotrophoblast
||Maternal and fetal blood normally do not mix and all exchange occurs across these cellular layers. Later in development the syncitiotrophoblast layer may not be continuous on the villi surface.




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Textbook References

  • Human Embryology Larson Ch7 p151-188 Heart, Ch8 p189-228 Vasculature
  • The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology (6th ed.) Moore and Persaud Ch14: p304-349

Other textbooks

  • Before we Are Born (5th ed.) Moore and Persaud Ch12; p241-254
  • Essentials of Human Embryology Larson Ch7 p97-122 Heart, Ch8 p123-146 Vasculature
  • Human Embryology Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald Ch13-17: p77-111

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Online Textbooks

  • Endocrinology: An Integrated Approach Nussey, S.S. and Whitehead, S.A. London:Taylor & Francis; c2001

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1 The maternal endometrium response to trophoblast invasion is called the decidual reaction.

true
false

2 The human placenta is classified as :

Endotheliochorial
Haemochorial
Epitheliochoria
Mesoeliochorial

3 Stem villi - or terminal villi, are the region of main exchange, surrounded by maternal blood in intervillous spaces.

true
false

4 The 4 cellular layers separating maternal and fetal blood in sequence are:

spiral artery wall, Nichbaur layer, cytotrophoblast and Hofbaur layer
syncitiotrophoblast, cytotrophoblast, villi connective tissue and fetal capillary endothelium
maternal lacuna, trophoblast layer, endothelial and fetal red blood cell
fetal capillary endothelium, villi connective tissue, cytotrophoblast and syncitiotrophoblast