The placenta is an organ which links the fetus to the mother in mammals for the transfer of oxygen and nutrients to the fetus and fetal waste products...

Some cultures have alternative uses for placenta that include the manufacturing of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food. Human placenta immediately post...

Retained placenta is a condition in which all or part of the placenta or membranes remain in the uterus during the third stage of labour. Retained placenta can...

placenta until the cord naturally separates at the umbilicus. This usually occurs within 3–10 days after birth. The practice is performed mainly for spiritual...

using one or more semipermeable membranes such as is used in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). There is also potential to grow a placenta using...

umbilicalis) is a conduit between the developing embryo or fetus and the placenta. During prenatal development, the umbilical cord is physiologically and...

Human placentophagy, or consumption of the placenta, is defined as "the ingestion of a human placenta postpartum, at any time, by any person, either in...

collected from the placenta. After the health care provider draws the cord blood from the placental end of the umbilical cord, the placenta is couriered to...

by the anterior pituitary gland, while hCG and eCG are secreted by the placenta in pregnant women and mares, respectively. The gonadotropins act on the...

for different clinical indications. Such examples are for Early Abortion, Removing the remains of a non-viable pregnancy or retention of placenta from...

lactation Decreased complications in future pregnancies, including placenta previa Benefits for the infant include: Develop microbiota from exposure to the bacteria...

": 348  The amniotic membrane is used as a biological dressing to heal incurable wounds. For this purpose, the placenta in cesarean delivery is collected...

clear as to what levels may be carcinogenic to humans. DCM crosses the placenta but fetal toxicity in women who are exposed to it during pregnancy has...

have been used as an aphrodisiac, facilitation of expulsion of retained placenta and delivery, as an abortifacient, treatment of uterus tumor and leucorrhoea...

environment in the mother's uterus, with a constant nutrient supply via the placenta, to the microbe-rich environment outside, with irregular oral intake of...

host's body in order to develop a placenta as it grows, attaching itself to several major organs in the process. The placenta has cancerous qualities, such...

choroid plexus, arteries, cervix, salivary glands. During pregnancy, the placenta is able to store and accumulate iodine. In the cells of those tissues,...

attaches to the inside of the uterus, where it begins to form the embryo and placenta. During the first trimester, the possibility of miscarriage (natural death...

released on July 23, 2020, as the album's third single. On August 6, 2020, Placenta was released as the fourth single. On August 20, 2020, Overconfidence was...

appearing small for gestational age or being born with low birth weight. Eclampsia may also cause problems with the placenta. The placenta may bleed (hemorrhage)...

Retained placental tissue or placental disorders, such as an adherent placenta, placenta previa, and abruption placentae increase the mother's risk of PPH...

slot for A Killer's Confession on tour. During their first tour, in May 2018, the band released a music video for their first single, "Placenta." One...

recipe for placenta. Palatschinke still bears the same name of its Greek and Roman ancestors. The origin of the name comes from the Latin word placenta, which...

which Manson is trapped within and breaks out of a cephalopod-type skin or placenta. These scenes have been compared to Japanese ero guro and Lovecraftian...

maternal immune tolerance is the immune tolerance shown towards the fetus and placenta during pregnancy. This tolerance counters the immune response that would...

five main types of antibodies) produced by the mother pass through the placenta. Among these antibodies are some which attack antigens on the red blood...

lead to a heavier offspring or a greater chance of live birth. The placenta is used as a means of transferring nutrients from the mother to the fetus....

chorion and amnion, the two fetal membranes that surround the embryo. The placenta derives from the embryonic chorion (the portion of the chorion that develops...

placenta, thereby providing protection to the fetus in utero. Along with IgA secreted in the breast milk, residual IgG absorbed through the placenta provides...

with low lipophilicity and hence lower potential for crossing the blood–brain barrier and blood–placenta barrier. This in turn may result in fewer effects...