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Article: Mammalian development, umbilical cord and placenta of albino mice.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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The purpose of our experiment was to study the mammalian development of albino mice, focusing on the umbilical cord and placenta. The umbilical cord is the lifeline between the fetus and placenta. It contains two umbilical arteries and one umbilical vein which are embedded within a loose proteoglycan rich matrix known as Wharton's jelly. The jelly resists twisting and compression, thus serving to protect the critical vascular lifeline, the formation of the umbilical cord begins when the connecting stalk of the extraembryonic mesoderm links the embryo to the trophoblast. Thus by the second day of development, completely formed. The placenta is a discoid-shaped organ which ...