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Placenta

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An organ present in some vertebrates during embryonic gestation that surrounds the fetus and provides it with nutrients and oxygen, facilitates gas and waste exchange between the fetus and mother, and provides parasitic cloaking from the mother's immune system by excretion of neurokinin B. [ ]

Term info

Label

Placenta

Synonyms
  • PLACENTA
  • Placenta
  • Placental
  • placenta
Subsets

NCIT_C74456, NCIT_C66830, NCIT_C61410, NCIT_C77526, NCIT_C77529

ALT DEFINITION

An organ present in true mammals during embryonic developmen that provides the fetus with nutrients and oxygen, facilitates gas and waste exchange between the fetus and mother., The organ that nourishes the developing fetus in the uterus.

Maps To

Placenta

Preferred Name

Placenta

Semantic Type

Embryonic Structure

UMLS CUI

C0032043

code

C13272