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FIG. 344. TRANSECTION OF THE WALL OF THE HUMAN UTERUS AT THE SEVENTH MONTH 

 OF PREGNANCY, WITH THE PLACENTA IN SITU. 



Am, aranion ; Cho, chorion ; J2, main stem of a chorionic villus ; ct, villi in section ; 

 D, D', decidua serotina ; .Me, muscular wall of the uterus ; Ve, uteriue artery. The 

 fetal vessels are black, the maternal white. The glandular remnants in the decidua are 

 dark, x 6. ( After Minot.) 



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