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Syncytiotrophoblast

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Syncytiotrophoblast

Infobox Embryology
Name = Syncytiotrophoblast
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Caption = Primary chorionic villi. Diagrammatic.


Caption2 = Secondary chorionic villi. Diagrammatic.
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Syncytiotrophoblasts are multinucleated cells found in the placenta of embryos.

They are the outer syncytial layer of the trophoblasts and actively invade the uterine wall.

They form the outermost fetal component of the placenta (also known as 'syntrophoblast') and massively increase the surface area available for nutrient exchange between the mother and the fetus.

Cells from the syncytiotrophoblast secrete progesterone in addition to human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG); the latter prevents degeneration of the corpus luteum. Progesterone serves to maintain the integrity of the uterine lining, and until the syncytiotrophoblast is mature enough to secrete enough progesterone (in the fourth month of embryonic development), it is aided by the corpus luteum graviditatis. [Langman's Medical Embryology, 10th Edition. T.W. Sadler. p. 34]


=Additional

ee also

* Syncytium
* Cytotrophoblast

References

External links

* - "Female Reproductive System: placental villi"
* [http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v4/n11/images/nm1198_1244.gif"Nature (Journal) Diagram"]
* [http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/12/4105/ Article]
* [http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/embryology/earlydev/week1/cyto-syncytio.html Diagram at McGill]
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