Placentation Flashcards
Prototherian
egg laying
platypus, echidnas
first beasts
Metatherian
changed beasts
choriovitelline placenta- aka yolk sac
marsupials- kangaroos, koala, opossum
develop within pouch
Eutherian
true beasts
chorioallantoic placenta and the rest
Placenta
vascular organ formed in uterus during pregnancy
consisting of both maternal and embryonic/fetal tissues and providing O2 and nutrients for the fetus and transfer of waste products from fetal to maternal blood circulation
Placenta structure
chorioallantoic on fetal side connected to endometrium on maternal side
fetal membranes
membranes that function for the protection or nourishment or respiration or excretion of developing fetus
yolk sac, then amnion, then allantois (large) and chorion
time comparisons from ovulation during cleavage for different farm species
enter uterus on different days
cattle= 3-5
horse= 5
sheep=3
swine= 2
development of allantochorion
start with inner cell mass within blastocoel
the ICM forms an embryo and enters blastocoel
yolk sac forms which is the 1st fetal membrane, for early nourishment
mesoderm begins to fold and amnionic folds begin to surround the embryo
primitive gut below embryo and yolk sac shrinks as allantois begins to expand
mesoderm and trophectoderm together form chorion
allantois expands getting larger and an amnionic cavity surrounds the embryo
attachment of the placenta to the uterus
implantation
cow= day 30-35 sow= 12-20 ewe= 18-20 mare= 50-60
roles of the placenta
nutrient exchange gas exchange stores waste protective endocrine organ
fetal membranes
yolk sac, amnion, allantois and chorion
Yolk sac
early nutrition for the embryo (usually regresses completely)
Amnion
transparent membrane surrounding the fetus, protects fetus from injury, provides lubrication for parturition, reservoir for urine and wastes
protection (cushion), waste, and nutrient exchange
Allantois
blood supply for chorion
waste
fuses with chorion and carries blood vessels of placenta, reservoir for nutrients and wastes, umbilical cord attaches fetus to allantois
Chorion
maternal interface
nutrient and gas exchange
attaches to uterus, absorbs nutrients from uterus, allows maternal/fetal gas exchange, produces hormones
placenta makeup
endometrium + chorion and allantois
placenta classification
distribution of contact areas- shape
tissue layers separating maternal and fetal blood- invasion
degree of interdigitation of the vasculature
maternal tissue loss at birth
4 distributions of contact areas
diffuse, cotyledonary, zonary, discoid
diffuse
villi everywhere
horse and pig