Tags: Anatomical Structure, Embryology.
Syncytiotrophoblast (from the Greek ‘syn’- together; ‘cytio’- of cells; ‘tropho’- nutrition; ‘blast’- bud) is the epithelial covering of the highly vascular embryonic placental villi which invades the wall of the uterus to establish nutrient circulation between the embryo and the mother. It is a unique tissue in that it is a multi-nucleated terminally differentiated syncytium extending to 13m².
