Placenta Formation

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 Location:
Attached to the Uterus
Function:
Protection
Nutrition
Respiration
Excretion
Hormone production

*PLACENTA - hCG
- hPL
- Estrogen
- Progesterone

Shape:
The full term placenta is discoid in shape.
Diameter = 15-25 cm, 2-3 cm thick,
Weight = 0.5 kg.
Umbilical cord is attached to its center
 *Implantation…
ovulation blastocyst implantation
 Trophoblasts
- cells forming the outer
layer of a blastocyst,
which provide nutrients
to the embryo and
develop into a large
part of the placenta.

Layer Location
cytotrophoblast inner layer

syncytiotrophobl
ast
outer layer
* Trophoblast
implantation
intermediate tro site, chorion,
phoblast villi (dependent
(IT) on subtype)
From trophoblast to placenta

trophoblasts–first appear
four days after fertilization
as the outer layer of cells
of the blastocyst.
 During the 4th and 5th month, the decidua
forms a number of decidual septa, which
project into the intervillous space.
 As a result of this septum formation, the
placenta is divided into a number of
compartments (cotyledons).
* Abnormalities of placenta
1- According to site: Placenta Praevia
the placenta is attached to the lower
uterine segment (due to low level of
implantation of the blastocyst). It causes
severe antepartum haemorrhage. There
are three types:
 2- Abnormal penetration
into the uterus:
1- Placenta accreta:
due to abnormal
adhesion between the
chorionic villi and the
uterine wall.

2- Placenta percreta:
The chorionic villi
penetrate the
myometrium all the way
to the perimetrium.

3- Placenta previa:
Blockage of the cervix
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