Afterbirth vs. Placenta — What's the Difference?

The placenta and fetal membranes expelled from the uterus following birth.

The placenta is a temporary fetal organ that begins developing from the blastocyst shortly after implantation. It plays critical roles in facilitating nutrient, gas and waste exchange between the physically separate maternal and fetal circulations, and is an important endocrine organ producing hormones that regulate both maternal and fetal physiology during pregnancy.

The placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.

A flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord.

The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.

(in flowers) part of the ovary wall to which the ovules are attached.

The placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born

A membranous vascular organ that develops in female eutherian mammals during pregnancy, lining the uterine wall and partially enveloping the fetus, to which it is attached by the umbilical cord. Following birth, the placenta is expelled.

A similar organ in marsupial mammals, consisting of a yolk sac attached to the uterine wall.

An organ with similar functions in some nonmammalian animals, such as certain sharks and reptiles.

(Botany) The part within the ovary of a flowering plant to which the ovules are attached.

(anatomy) An organ in most mammals during gestation that supplies food and oxygen to the foetus and passes back waste. It is on wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.

(botany) In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.

The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.

The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached.

That part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form

The vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus