Tags: Anatomical Structure, Embryology.

In biology placentation refers to the formation type and structure or arrangement of placentas. The function of placentation is to transfer nutrients from maternal tissue to a growing embryo. Placentation is best known in pregnant female mammals (eutheria) but also occurs in other animals eggs (yolk sac placentation) and flowering plants.

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