Mean surface shape of a human placenta
Tissues and Organs
2008-07-21 v1 Quantitative Methods
Abstract
The chorionic plate (or "fetal surface") of the human placenta is drawn as round, with the umbilical cord inserted roughly at the center, but variability of this shape is common. The average shape of the chorionic plate has never been established. The goal of this work is to measure the average shape in a birth cohort.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0807.2995,
title = {Mean surface shape of a human placenta},
author = {Michael Yampolsky and Oleksandr Shlakhter and Carolyn M. Salafia and Danielle Haas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.2995},
year = {2008}
}