Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction. - 2. Historical Survey. - 3. Development of the Guinea-Pig Placenta. - 3. 1. Breeding and Age Determination. - 3. 2. Early Development and Formal Genesis. - 3. 3. Morphogenesis. - 4. Rough Structure of the Mature Placenta. - 5. Vascular Supply of the Mature Placenta. - 5. 1. Maternal Arterial Blood Supply. - 5. 2. Maternal Venous Drainage. - 5. 3. Fetal Arterial Blood Supply. - 5. 4. Fetal Venous Drainage. - 5. 5. Intralobar Circulatory Conditions. - 6. Ultrastructure and Functional Morphology. - 6. 1. Physiological, Technical and Morphometrical Data. - 6. 2. Ultrastructural and Histochemical Development of the Main Placenta. - 6. 3. Functional Morphology of the Different Regions in the Mature Main Placenta. - 6. 4. Subplacenta and Junctional Zone. - 6. 5. Yolk Sac and Margin of the Placenta. - 7. Possibilities of Comparison with the Human Placenta. - Acknowledgements. - 8. References. - 9. Subject Index.
