placental labyrinth villous
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010005
The vascularized and branched structures arising from the rodent trophoblast-derived epithelium that allow an increase its surface area for the efficient exchange of nutrients and wastes between the maternal and fetal circulation. [ MP:0011522 ]
Synonyms: villous of placental labyrinth
Term info
Subsets
pheno_slim
has related synonym
placental labyrinth villi
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0010005
Term relations
Subclass of:
- mesoderm-derived structure
- contributes to morphology of some placenta labyrinth
- part of some placenta labyrinth