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Vasculature of the placenta, with a chorionic artery labeled in .

Chorionic (plate) vessels are blood vessels, including both arteries and veins, that carry blood through the chorion in the fetoplacental circulation. Chorionic arteries branch off the umbilical artery, and supply the capillaries of the chorionic villi. Increased vasocontractility of chorionic arteries may contribute to preeclampsia.[1]

References

  1. ^ Benoit, C.; Zavecz, J.; Wang, Y. (2007). "Vasoreactivity of Chorionic Plate Arteries in Response to Vasoconstrictors Produced by Preeclamptic Placentas". Placenta. 28 (5–6): 498–504. doi:10.1016/j.placenta.2006.09.002. PMC 3070483. PMID 17070574.


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