Placenta: 3rd trimester
Features of the late placental villi are: a thinned syncytiotrophoblastic layer with areas of clumped nuclei; numerous fetal capillaries adjacent to the syncytial layer; a discontinuous layer of cytotrophoblastic cells; fibrinoid; and condensed fetal connective tissue in the villi. 400X
Intervillous space
Features of the late placental villi are: a thinned syncytiotrophoblastic layer with areas of clumped nuclei; numerous fetal capillaries adjacent to the syncytial layer; a discontinuous layer of cytotrophoblastic cells; fibrinoid; and condensed fetal connective tissue in the villi. 400X
Floating villi
Features of the late placental villi are: a thinned syncytiotrophoblastic layer with areas of clumped nuclei; numerous fetal capillaries adjacent to the syncytial layer; a discontinuous layer of cytotrophoblastic cells; fibrinoid; and condensed fetal connective tissue in the villi. 400X
- Fetal connective tissue
Features of the late placental villi are: a thinned syncytiotrophoblastic layer with areas of clumped nuclei; numerous fetal capillaries adjacent to the syncytial layer; a discontinuous layer of cytotrophoblastic cells; fibrinoid; and condensed fetal connective tissue in the villi. 400X
- Fetal blood vessels
Features of the late placental villi are: a thinned syncytiotrophoblastic layer with areas of clumped nuclei; numerous fetal capillaries adjacent to the syncytial layer; a discontinuous layer of cytotrophoblastic cells; fibrinoid; and condensed fetal connective tissue in the villi. 400X
- Cytotrophoblast
Features of the late placental villi are: a thinned syncytiotrophoblastic layer with areas of clumped nuclei; numerous fetal capillaries adjacent to the syncytial layer; a discontinuous layer of cytotrophoblastic cells; fibrinoid; and condensed fetal connective tissue in the villi. 400X
- Syncytiotrophoblast
Features of the late placental villi are: a thinned syncytiotrophoblastic layer with areas of clumped nuclei; numerous fetal capillaries adjacent to the syncytial layer; a discontinuous layer of cytotrophoblastic cells; fibrinoid; and condensed fetal connective tissue in the villi. 400X
- Clumped nuclei
Features of the late placental villi are: a thinned syncytiotrophoblastic layer with areas of clumped nuclei; numerous fetal capillaries adjacent to the syncytial layer; a discontinuous layer of cytotrophoblastic cells; fibrinoid; and condensed fetal connective tissue in the villi. 400X
- Fibrinoid
Features of the late placental villi are: a thinned syncytiotrophoblastic layer with areas of clumped nuclei; numerous fetal capillaries adjacent to the syncytial layer; a discontinuous layer of cytotrophoblastic cells; fibrinoid; and condensed fetal connective tissue in the villi. 400X