91.

Resting mammary gland (HE)

92. Lactating mammary gland (HE)
93. Umbilical cord (HE)
94. Placenta (HE)
95. Chicken embryo (HE)
The mammary gland consists of 15 to 20
lobes,each of which is an individual
conpound alveolar gland with its own
lactiferous duct opening onto the surface
of the nipple.
The interlobar stroma is dense connective
tissue and varying amount of fat.Within
each lobe, similar interlobular connective
tissue bands courses between lobules.
Dense interlobular
connective tissue In an inactive gland,
connective tissue is
lobule
aboundant and and
glandular elements
are minimal.

Adipose
tissue
 Interlobular connective
tissue
A lobule contains groups of
small tubules lined with
cuboidal or low columnar
epithelium.These look like
ducts and usually remain
in this state as long as
lobule the gland is inactive.The
tubules are embedded in
loose cellular connective
Glandular tissue, the intralobular
tubules connective tissue.
Surrounding this is the
dense interlobular
connective tissue and fat.
Intralobular
connective tissue
 The mammary gland is
fully developed in
lactation.
Interlobular
The lobules are filled with
connective tissue alveoli.Their lumens
lobules
contain milk secretion.
The amounts of the
connective tissue stroma
and adipose tissue,
relative to the
parenchyma decrease
considerably.
 Milk is produced by the
epithelial cells of the
Milk
Interlobular
secretion
alveoli and accumulates
connective in their lumens and inside
tissue
the lactiferous ducts.The
secretory cells become
low cuboidal and their
Lipid cytoplasm contains
droplets
spherical lipid droplets of
various sizes.
 Wharton s The umbilical cord
One of the jelly connects the
umbilical arteries embryo/fetus to the
placenta.It is covered by
simple cuboidal
epithelium of the
amnion.It contains the
umbilical vessels:2
umbilical arteries and 1
umbilical vein.These
vessels are embedded
in Wharton s jelly
(mucous tissue).
Amniotic epithelium
 The cells of the Wharton s
jelly stain slightly
basophilic.They have
processes connecting with
cells
each other. The
aboundant jellylike ground
substance is rich in
hyaluronic acid.
The Wharton s jelly
contains only a few fibers.
Base of villous It consists of a fetal part
stemm Chorionic
formed by the chorion, and a
villi
maternal part, formed by the
decidua basalis.
Fetal portion (chorion):
It consists of the chorionic
plate and the chorionic villi
arising from it.The chorionic
villi may be either free or
anchored to the decidua
basalis.The surfaces of the villi
are bathed with maternal blood
Chorionic (intervillous sace) from the
plate lacunae of the basal decidua.

Epithelium of
the amnion
 The maternal
Chorionic
villi Decidua portion comprises
basalis
the basal plate or
decidua basalis and
its septal projections
(placental septa) that
Intervillous space with
maternal blood form incomplete
separations between
individual cotyledons.
Intervillous
space

Chorionic villi

Trophoblast of
the chorion
Chorionic plate
Chorionic villi

Intervillous
space
containing
maternal
blood

Branches of
umbilical
vessels with
fetal blood
 Intervillous
space

Fetal blood
Extraembryonic
connective tissue
(mesenchyme)

cytotrophoblast

Placental
barrier Syncytial
trophoblasts
 Neural tube
Intermediate
mesoderm /
somite Somatic
nephrogonotom ectoderm
mesoderm

notochord
Intraembryonic coelom endoderm
Splanchnic
mesoderm