ILOs:
- Summarise the development, structure and functions of a normal placenta in a healthy pregnancy
- Define the terms pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and fetal growth restriction
- Give a brief explanation of the implications of these disorders of pregnancy
- Describe the pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie pre-eclampsia
- Outline current clinical guidelines for the management of pre-eclampsia
Revision of Placental development and function
Anatomy Lecture: The Placenta
- Placenta formation
- Important features of blastocyst
- Development of the intervillous space
Gross anatomy of the placenta
- How much does the placenta weigh?
- Where does the umbillical cord insert?
- What are the vessels of the umbillical cord?
- what is found on the basal plate of the placenta?
Quiz
- After fertilisation, the nuclei of the ovum and the sperm combine and are transported through the uterine tube to the cavity of the uterus in around 3-4 days. Which structure implants into the endometrium of the uterus?
- What structure does the trophoblast give rise to?