Placental villi. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze fracture through a placenta showing a blood vessel and erythrocytes (red bloo

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Placental villi. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze fracture through a placenta showing a blood vessel and erythrocytes (red blood cells). The placenta surrounds the foetus in the womb. It provides the foetus with nourishment, eliminates waste products and exchanges respiratory gases.

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Photo credit: © STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: anatomical, anatomy, biological, biology, blood, cell, cells, coloured, erythrocyte, false-colour, false-coloured, fetal, foetal, maternal, obstetrics, placenta, placental, rbc, red, sem, uterine, uterus, vessel, womb