The Midwife's Examination of the Placenta

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Clues

  • Contains membranes and the foetus (12)
  • Encloses and protects the umbilical vessels (8, 5)
  • Fetal Side of Placenta (9, 5)
  • Insertion less than 2cm away from edge of placenta (10)
  • Lumps of Wharton's Jelly in the umbilical cord (5, 4)
  • Makes the placenta feel gritty, lime salt deposits (14)
  • Maternal side is made up on up to 40 of these (10)
  • Maternal Side of Placenta (5, 5)
  • Trailing blood vessels leaving main body of placenta may lead to (13, 4)
  • Umbilical cord inserting into membranes (11)

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