CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IX. 



MEMBRANES OF THE IMPREGNATED EGG IN THE HUMAN SPECIES. 

 AMNION AND CHORION. 



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Membranous Envelopes of the Human Foetus Amnion Its Enlargement 

 Amniotic Fluid Chorion Early Formation of the Choi-ion Villosities 

 of the Chorion Development of Blood-Vessels of the Chorion Partial 

 Disappearance of its Villosities Their Further Development at the Sit- 

 uation of the Placenta 645-649 



CHAPTER X. 



DEVELOPMENT OF THE DECIDUA, AND ATTACHMENT OF THE 

 FCETAL MEMBRANES TO THE UTERUS. 



Mucous Membrane of the Unimpregnated Uterus Uterine Tubules 

 Decidua Vera Hypertrophy of the Uterine Mucous Membrane after 

 Impregnation Decidna Reflexa Enclosure of Egg by the Decidua 

 Reflexa Attachment of the Egg to the Uterine Mucous Membrane 

 Corresponding Development of the Chorion and Decidua . . 650-654 



CHAPTER XI. 



THE PLACENTA. 



Source of Nourishment for the Foetus in Man and Mammalians Relations 

 of the Allantois and Uterine Mucous Membrane In the Pig In Rumi- 

 nating Animals In Carnivora In Man Vascular Tufts of the Placenta 

 Vascular Sinuses of the Decidua Relation between the Two Phys- 

 iological Action of the Placenta 655-660 



CHAPTER XII. 



DISCHARGE OF THE F(ETUS AND PLACENTA. REGENERATION OF 

 THE UTERINE TISSUES. 



Enlargement of the Uterus during Pregnancy Formation of the Umbil- 

 ical Cord Its Elongation and Twisting Disappearance of the Umbilical 

 Vesicle Contact of the Decidua Vera and Keflexa Separation and 

 Discharge of the Foetus and Placenta Hemorrhage at the Time of 

 Delivery Its Arrest by Contraction of the Uterus Regeneration of 

 the Uterine Tissues after Delivery 661-666 



CHAPTER XIII. 



DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, ORGANS OF SENSE, 

 SKELETON, AND LIMBS. 



Cerebro-Spinal Axis Cerebral Vesicles Their Division Hemispheres 

 Optic Thalami Tubercula Quadrigemina Cerebellum Medulla Ob- 

 longata Organs of Special Sense Ossification of the Skeleton Forma- 

 tion of the Limbs The Integument 667-671 



