M1: Development of Placenta Flashcards

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Is dependent on the placenta for pulmonary, hepatic and renal functions

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Fetus

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Early trophoblast formation

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Implantation

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2
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Maternal blood spurts from ___________ into the placental __________ and bathes the outer _________.

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Uteroplacental vessels. Intervillous space. Syncytiotrophoblasts.

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3
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Fetal and maternal blood are not mixed in this

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Hemochorial placenta

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4
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There is a _______ system that links mother and fetus

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Paracrine

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5
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Juxtaposition of the maternal decidua _______ and the extraembryonic chorion laeve.

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Parietalis

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6
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Human placental formation begins with the

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Trophoectoderm (morula)

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7
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Plays a critical part at the fetal maternal interface. Invasiveness promotes implantation. Nutritional role for the conceptus and maternal physiological adaptations, pregnancy maintenance.

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Trophoblasts

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8
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Differentiation occurs ______ postfertilization.

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8th day

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9
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Outer multinucleated

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Syncytiotrophoblast

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10
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Inner, mononuclear. Germinal cells for syncytium. Well-demarcated cell border, single nucleus, undergoes DNA synthesis and mitosis.

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Cytotrophoblast

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11
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Villous trophoblast: transports O2, nutrients

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Chorionic villi

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12
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Migrates into decidua, myometrium. Penetrates maternal vasculature.

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Extravillous trophoblasts

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13
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Extravillous trophoblasts: interstitial bed giant cells

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Interstitial trophoblast

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14
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Extravillous trophoblasts: spiral artery lumen

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Endovascular trophoblast

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15
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Low resistance blood flow

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Spiral arteries

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16
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Invade, transforms spiral arteries.

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Endovascular trophoblasts

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17
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Invade the decidua. Surrounds spiral arteries.

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Interstitial trophoblasts

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18
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Day in which blastocyst is enclosed in EM

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10th day

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19
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As the embryo enlarges, more maternal decidua basalis is invaded by _________.

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Syncytiotrophoblasts

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20
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System of intercommunicating channels. Filled with maternal blood.

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Trophoblastic lacunae

21
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Formation of trophoblastic lacunae

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12th day

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Solid 1° villi. Cytotrophoblast core plus syncytiotrophoblasts.

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Extravillous cytotrophoblast

23
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Other name for cytotrophoblasts

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Langhans cells

24
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Solid cellular columns

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Primary villous stalks

25
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Trophoblasts lined channels

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Intervillous space

26
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Fusion of amnionic and primary chorionic plate mesenchyme

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Chronic plate formed

27
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Chronic plate formed at what week

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8-10 weeks

28
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Mesenchyme invasion

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Secondary villi

29
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Secondary villi at what week

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12th day

30
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Angiogenesis occurs in

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Tertiary villi

31
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Maternal blood in intervillous space is seen in what day

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15th day

32
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Fetal blood vessels are functional. Placental circulation established. Fetal-placental circulation: embryonic vessels connected with chorionic vessels. What day

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17th day

33
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Contact between the trophoblasts & maternal blood

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Hemochorial placenta

34
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1st trimester, continuous layer of CTB.

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Hemodichorial

35
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Term, scattered cells. Nutrient & Oxygen function.

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Hemomonochrial

36
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Villi over entire chronic membrane

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Early pregnancy

37
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Leafy chorion. Villi in contact with decidua basalis.

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Chorion frondosum

38
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Smooth chorion. Avascular, abuts decidua parietalis. Maternal regulation.

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Chorion laeve

39
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Lack cytotoxic functions. Dampens inflammatory T(H)17 cells

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Decidual Natural killer cells

40
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Prevents NK cells from recognizing & destroying fetal cells

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Decidual macrophage

41
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Promotes decidual invasion toward spiral arteries

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IL-8 & Interferon-inducible protein 10

42
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Highly invasive. Inner 1/3 of myometrium. Has proteolytic enzymes & MMP-9.

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Extravillous trophoblasts

43
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Digests ECM. Proteases.

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Proteolytic enzymes

44
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Critical for human trophoblast invasion

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MMP-9

45
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Less invasive. __________ secrete insulin-like growth factor binding protein type 4. Inhibits. Increasing estradiol levels repress.

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Late pregnancy. Decidual cells

46
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Fetal origin

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Trophoblasts

47
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Major portion of the placental bed. Penetrate the decidua and adjacent myometrium. Vessel preparation for endovascular TB invasion.

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Interstitial

48
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Penetrate spiral artery. Destroy vascular epithelium. Against arterial flow.

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Endovascular

49
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One month after exposure. Intervillous space. Fountain-like burst from spiral arteries. Villus branching. Arborize, ending freely in intervillous space.

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Maternal blood flow