Development of placenta and its function - Animation

The short video explains the animated formation of the placenta efficiently. It describes all the important aspects of the placental formation, such as the formation of villi, lacunae, blood vessels etc. TIMELINE: 0:00 Introduction 0:09 Development of placenta beginning 0:25 What happens in cytotrophoblast and syncytiotrophoblast 0:36 Secretion and expansions related to cytotrophoblast and syncytiotrophoblast 0:49 Formation of lacunae 0:56 Blood vessel invasion 1:06 Fusion of lacunae 1:26 Formation of primary chorionic villi 1:36 Formation of secondary chorionic villi 1:47 Formation of tertiary chorionic villi 2:33 Placenta formation and function