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Embryo attached to a monolayer culture

SEM of a stage 4 embryo in vitro attached to a monolayer culture of endometrial cells. Notice the numerous microvilli on the surface of the mural trophoblast.

From: Lindenberg, 1991. Reproduced with permission of the publisher, Elsevier.


Keywords: endometrial cells, microvilli, mural trophoblast, stage 4 embryo


Source: The Virtual Human Embryo.