Major Characters. Stanley Yelnats He is the fifteen-year-old main character, the protagonist of the novel. His family has a history of bad luck, and accordingly, Stanley is wrongfully convicted of stealing, and is sent to the detention center, Camp Green Lake.
Term placentas were used as the control group. Exclusion criteria included pregnancies with <32 weeks gestation, diabetes, hypertension, preeclampsia, smoking (consumption >5 cigarettes/day), alcoholism or drug use, twin or multiple pregnancies and genetic diseases in the newborn.
The placenta is composed of both maternal tissue and tissue derived from the embryo. The chorion is the embryonic-derived portion of the placenta. It is composed of fetal blood vessels and trophoblasts which are organized into finger-like structures called chorionic villi.et's review. The placenta is the composite structure of embryonic and maternal tissues that supplies nutrients to the developing embryo. The placenta serves three main functions: 1  Attach the fetus to the uterine wall. 2  Provide nutrients to the fetus.