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Benirschke's Pathology of the Human Placenta

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The placenta is more variable between different orders of mammals than any other organ, but fulfills the same basic functions of supplying nutrients and exchange of respiratory gases. This variation may reflect the relatively recent evolutionary history of the placenta, and adaptations to different environmental cues and provision for contrasting reproductive strategies. The chapter provides a survey of the principal placental types at the gross morphological level, and at the level of the histology of the maternal-fetal interface, for the purpose of appreciating the advantages and limitations of animal models of the human placenta. The concepts of the maternal supply of nutrients by histotrophic and hemotrophic exchange are also considered.

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Burton, G.J. (2022). Placental Types. In: Baergen, R.N., Burton, G.J., Kaplan, C.G. (eds) Benirschke's Pathology of the Human Placenta. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84725-8_4

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