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| | 07/08/06 - 10:54 AM  
 
   
 
|   #4 |
maternal component=decidua basalis (portin of endometrium) fetal component= tertiary chorionic villi if they ask abt placenta as a whole it has both fetAL AND MATERNAL. but here they asked only abt the chorionic villi
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| tolito Forum Fanatic
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| | 07/19/06 - 08:34 PM  
 
   
 
|   #5 |
correct. why does it not evoke an immunologic reaction by the mother being a foreign tissue???
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| | 07/19/06 - 09:29 PM  
 
   
 
|   #6 |
thats one of the mysteries of science...
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| | 07/19/06 - 09:47 PM  
 
   
 
|   #7 |
i know the answer. the cells of th syncittiotrop do not express MHC. So they are not seen as foreign. cf.levinson and jawetz
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