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Acid amnion anastomoses attached basal plate basement membrane Benirschke and Driscoll blastocyst blood vessels Boyd and Hamilton C.R. length foetus capillary chorii chorion laeve chorionic plate chorionic sac chorionic villi circulation cotyledons crown-rump length cytoplasm cytotrophoblastic cells decidua basalis decidua capsularis decidua parietalis decidual cells described diameter diamniotic placenta dichorial dilated Electron micrograph embryo endometrial endometrium enzyme female fibrin fibrinoid foetal foetal blood full-term placenta function glands glycogen Hertig Hofbauer cells hormone human placenta implantation increase injected intervillous space investigators Langhans cells Magnified circa marginal maternal blood mature placenta microvilli monochorial diamniotic nuclei Photograph Photomicrograph placenta associated placental barrier placental mass placental weight portion possess pregnancy present region separate septa shell specimens spiral arteries stages Stieve stroma structure surface syncytiotrophoblast syncytium terminal villi thickness tion tissue triamniotic trophoblast trunci twins umbilical arteries umbilical cord uterine uterus vacuoles vascular veins venous villous wall Wislocki