Talk:Paper - The histology and cytology of the human and monkey placenta
CONTENTS Material and methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Introductory considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A 338
1. The trophoblastz definitions and ter1ninol0g§' . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 339
2. Prefatory remarks on the functions of the trophohlast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
3. The early differentiatioii and growth of the trophoblast . . . . . . . . . . .. 342 4. The relationship of the cytotrophoblast to the syncytial trephoblast. . . . 342 5. The relationship of the cytotroplioblast to the primary mesoderm and and angiogenesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . 344 The syneytial trnphoblast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 1. The outer surface of the syneytium, including the occurrence of a so— called brush~border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 2. The foamy, laclinar, vacuolated and Vesicular appearances of the sync-.ytiu111 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 3. Consideration of the genesis and significance of the various types of va.euolization encountered in the syneytium . . . . . . . . . . . .‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 4. The pliagocytic properties of the syneytium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 5. The presence of lipoid droplets in the syncytium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 6. The presence of ketones in the syncytium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
335 G. B. VVISLOCKI AND H. S. BENNETT
7. The nature of the lipoid droplets in the syncytium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
8. The presence of mitochondria in the syncytium . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . 375
9. The Golgi. apparatus of the syncytium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
10. The inner surface of the syncytium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 378
11. The syncytium of normal villa at term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
The cytotrophoblast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . 386
1. The cha1'a.cteristic.s of the Langhans cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 2. The cvytotrophoblast of the cell columns and the ti-ophoblastic shell . . . . 389
The trophoblastic shell and the junctional zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
4. The decidua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 5. On the nature and genesis of the interstitial matrix associated with the cytotrophoblast. The question of ‘ ‘fibrinoid’ ’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
On the possible sites of fdi-mation of placental hormones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Remarks on the nature of the placental barrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . 411
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418