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Reichert's membrane

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UBERON:0004369
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Definition
An nonvascular extraembryonic basement membrane that forms on the inner surface of the trophectoderm during placenta morphogenesis and is secreted by the distal parietal endoderm; required for the maternofetal exchange of nutrients and is important for the postgastrulation development[MP]. a thick multilayered basement membrane between the parietal endoderm cells and the trophoblast cells http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00184752
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  • EMAPA:16057
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