placenta lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born
• the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus
• that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form
• A highly vascularized mammalian fetal-maternal organ and major site of transport of oxygen, nutrients, and fetal waste products. It includes a fetal portion (CHORIONIC VILLI) derived from TROPHOBLASTS and a maternal portion (DECIDUA) derived from the uterine ENDOMETRIUM. The placenta produces an array of steroid, protein and peptide hormones (PLACENTAL HORMONES).