1. Pregnant Tract Dissection (con't)

  1. Continue to cut up the uterine horn that the fetus is in. Be careful not to puncture the fetal tissues. Notice the fetal-maternal attachments (placentome).

    Think about the tissue arrangement in the caruncle and cotelydon.diagram of placentome

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