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Schematic model of the feto- and materno-placental vasculature system. (a) Human, (b) mouse. Solid line arrows represent the maternal blood flow. Dashed line represents the fetal villous tree (cotyledon). Red arrows show the spiral arteries and blue arrows represent decidual veins.
