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Physiology of the Placenta

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Principles and Prenatal Growth

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Retention of the fetus within the mother offers many obvious survival advantages. A wealth of experimentation towards achieving this objective is already found among fishes, and early forms of the placenta can be identified (Amoroso, 1952). Placentation achieves its most complex development in the mammal. Two of the fetal membranes which are easily recognizable in egg-laying animals, the chorion and allantois, are extensively modified to provide the fetal contribution to the placenta. The maternal component of the placenta varies in the different species. The uterus, which is developed for retention of the embryo, also contributes the maternal vasculature. Within the placenta, maternal and fetal vessels lie in intimate juxtaposition, facilitating the exchange of nutrients and waste products.

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