Placenta

Fetal Maternal

3
2
4
1 6 5

3
3 3

4 - placental septum
1 - amnion
(excrescence from decidua
2 - chorionic plate
basalis)
3 - chorionic villi
5 - decidua basalis
6 - blood lacunas
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7
6
9

Chorionic villi:
8 - connective tissue (mesenchyme) of
6 - blood lacunes containing
the villus
maternal blood
9 - syncytiotrophoblast
7 - fetal blood vessels
Mesenchyme

Fetal blood vessel

Syncytiotrophoblast
Chorionic villi

Mesenchyme

Fetal blood vessel

Syncytiotrophoblast
Chorionic plate:
Amniotic epithelium
Amniotic mesenchyme

Chorionic mesenchyme

Chorionic epithelium
 Intervillous space

Chorionic villi

Fetal blood vessel in chorion

 Chorionic villi

Intervillous space

Decidual cells

Decidua basalis
 Chorionic villi

Intervillous space

Decidua basalis
Umbillical cord
 Amniotic epithelium

Wharton’s jelly

Umbillical arteries

Umbillical vein