LEK Exam: 2016 sesja wiosenna, subject: Ginekologia i położnictwo, question nr: 10

Which statement regarding the placenta is false?

A. forms the afterbirth together with the umbilical cord and the amniotic sac.

B. its mass is approximately 500g.

C. fully formed placenta is not observed until the second half of the second trimester.

D. cotyledon is the morphological and structural unit of the placenta.

E. right umbilical vein undergoes atrophy in the early stage of foetal development.

Dział: Ginekologia i położnictwo