Stem villus (human placenta, midpregnancy)

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Title Stem villus (human placenta, midpregnancy)
Creator Poels, Lambert G.
Contributor Lambert G. Poels, PhD, UMC St Radboud Nijmegen; Paul H. K. Jap, PhD, UMC St Radboud Nijmegen
Subject placenta; chorionic villi; stem villus; chorion plate
Description Stain: Trichrome (Goldner). At the top the fetal site with part of the chorionic plate (1) with a thick stem villus (2) ramifying in two smaller villi with large blood vessels (3). The chorionic plate consists of a thick fibrous connective layer (green). Towards the intervillous space it is covered by syncytiotrophoblast and cytotrophoblast layers (arrows 4). At some sites proliferated cytotrophoblast cells are present (6) at the base of the chorionic plate. Note cross-sections of smaller villi (5).
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Rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Collection Poja Histology Collection - Placenta
ARK ark:/87278/s69k7dg2
Setname ehsl_heal
ID 890826
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69k7dg2
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