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Human placenta is best described as :
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The correct answer is  is hemochorial because of direct contact of chorion with maternal blood deciduate because some maternal tissue is shed at paurition A discoid placenta is placenta with flat circular shape and in which the chorionic villi are arranged in a circular plate. Reference: Dutta's Textbook of Obstetrics 7th edition page 28