EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES

CHORIONIC VILLI
STAGES OF CHORIONIC VILLI
PLACENTA IN 4TH -5TH MONTH OF PREGNANCY
UMBILICAL CORD
CONNECTIVE STALK-UMBILICAL CORD
FOETAL
MEMBRANES IN
TWINS

DR SUBHRA
MANDAL
ASSOC. PROF.
ANATOMY
DIZYGOTIC
TWINS
INCIDENCE-7-11
/1000 BIRTHS
INCIDENCE
INCREASES WITH
MATERNAL AGE
DT >MT
75% OF ALL
TWINS
 DIZYGOTIC TWINNING

FRATERNAL/UNLIKE BABIES
SEX MAY BE SAME OR DIFFERENT
EACH ZYGOTE-IMPLANT INDIVIDUALLY,
DEVELOP OWN
PLACENTA,AMNION,CHORION
RARELY TWO PLACENTAE /CHORIONIC SAC
MAY FUSE
 MONOZYGOTIC
TWINS
INCIDENCE-3-4/
1000 LIVE BIRTHS
25% OF ALL
TWINS
SPLITTING OF
ZYGOTE AT
VARIOUS STAGES
OF
DEVELOPMENT
 MONOZYGOTIC TWINNING
IDENTICAL FETUSESSAME APPEARANCE
,STRUCTURE,SEX,FINGER PRINTS& BLOOD
GR.
FETAL MEMBRANES & PLACENTA VARIES
ACCORDING TO THE STAGE OF
DEVELOPMENT AT WHICH SPLITTING OCCURS
--AT MORULA-SEPARATE AMNION,CHORION
&PLACENTAE -- AT BLASTOCYST-DIV OF ICM
SO SEPARATE AMNIOTIC CAVITY ,SINGLE
CHORION & PLACENTAEAT EMBRYONIC
DISC-COMMON AMNION ,CHORION &
PLACENTA
USG OF TWIN PREGNANCY 11 WKS,9WKS