A highly vascularized mammalian fetal-maternal organ and major site of transport of oxygen, nutrients, and fetal waste products. It includes a fetal portion (CHORIONIC VILLI) derived from TROPHOBLASTS and a maternal portion (DECIDUA) derived from the uterine ENDOMETRIUM. The placenta produces an array of steroid, protein and peptide hormones (PLACENTAL HORMONES).
    

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Three interior diagrams of an adult human uterus. Etching by G. Scotin.

Nine diagrams illustrating breech and natural births and the obstetrical instruments used to assist them. Engraving by A. Bell.

Three interior diagrams of a human uterus. Etching by G. Scotin.

Four cross-sections of figures of the pregnant uterus. Engraving by A. Bell.

Cross-sections of seven different figures of the pregnant uterus. Engraving by A. Bell.

Lectures on the comparative anatomy of the placenta : first series delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons of England, June, 1875 / by Wm. Turner.

Vergleichende Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte der Eihäute und der Placenta : mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Menschen Lehrbuch fur Studierende und Ärzte / von Otto Grosser.

A study of the human placenta, physiological and pathological / by Thomas Watts Eden.

Die sichere Zurüklassung der Nachgeburt in bestimmten Fällen mit Gründen und Erfahrungen bewiesen, und denen Hebammen auf dem Lande gewiedment / [Melchior Aepli].

Transmission of protein hypersensitiveness from mother to offspring. I, Critique of placental permeability / by Bret Ratner, Holmes C. Jackson, and Helen Lee Gruehl from the Department of Physiology, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York University, New York City.

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Lectures on the comparative anatomy of the placenta : first series delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons of England, June, 1875 / by Wm. Turner.

Vergleichende Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte der Eihäute und der Placenta : mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Menschen Lehrbuch fur Studierende und Ärzte / von Otto Grosser.

A study of the human placenta, physiological and pathological / by Thomas Watts Eden.

Die sichere Zurüklassung der Nachgeburt in bestimmten Fällen mit Gründen und Erfahrungen bewiesen, und denen Hebammen auf dem Lande gewiedment / [Melchior Aepli].

Transmission of protein hypersensitiveness from mother to offspring. I, Critique of placental permeability / by Bret Ratner, Holmes C. Jackson, and Helen Lee Gruehl from the Department of Physiology, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York University, New York City.