Intervillous space
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| Primary chorionic villi. Diagrammatic. | |
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| Secondary chorionic villi. Diagrammatic. | |
| Gray's | subject #12 59 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | s_16/12745451 |
The trophoblast proliferates rapidly and forms a network of branching processes which cover the entire ovum and invade and destroy the maternal tissues and open into the maternal bloodvessels, with the result that the spaces in the trophoblastic network are filled with maternal blood; these spaces communicate freely with one another and become greatly distended and form the intervillous space.
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