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Reichert's membrane

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004369


An nonvascular extraembryonic basement membrane that forms on the inner surface of the trophectoderm during placenta morphogenesis and is secreted by the distal parietal endoderm; required for the maternofetal exchange of nutrients and is important for the postgastrulation development[MP]. a thick multilayered basement membrane between the parietal endoderm cells and the trophoblast cells. [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00184752 MP:0003954 ]