“A placenta or afterbirth is attached to the wall of the uterus and is the source of food and oxygen for the puppy inside the matron.”

“The outer cells will go on to form the placenta and amniotic sac that the baby will grow in.”

“Smoking during pregnancy is associated with low birth weight, premature delivery, placenta previa, miscarriage and post-delivery death.”

“The presence of an apparently unique type of lymphocyte in the uterus at implantation and during early placentation is intriguing.”

“These are distinguished by characters of the bracts, placentation, inflorescence type, cytology and distribution.”

“Functional roles for relaxin within human reproductive tissues have also been implicated during placentation, parturition, and lactation.”

“We felt that compared with placentas with focal lesions, placentas with well-established HEV would more reliably reflect associated events.”

“Since most nations have outlawed the use of fetus material for genetic use, an alternative has come into use, umbilical cords and placentas.”

“New alternatives, which are currently experimental, include harvesting stem cells from umbilical cord blood or placentas of new born babies.”

“There were 4 cases of abruptio placentae, 1 of which resulted in fetal death.”

“Several kinds of placentae can develop, depending on the species of lizard.”

“The ovary has axile intruded placentae with around 250-350 ovules.”