Epitheliochorial placenta is seen in?

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QUESTION

Epitheliochorial placenta is seen in?

OPTIONS

(A) Cow
(B) Mare
(C) Man
(D) Rat

ANSWER

(B) Mare

EXPLANATION

The mare has a diffuse epitheliochorial placenta that retains the maternal uterine epithelium at the maternal-fetal interface. Humans and rats have hemochorial placentation, with trophoblast exposed to maternal blood. Cattle are more specifically described as synepitheliochorial, historically syndesmochorial, even though they are sometimes grouped broadly with epitheliochorial species. The mare is the unambiguous classical epitheliochorial example in this set.

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