کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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2790302 | 1568574 | 2007 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Erasmus Darwin's Enlightened Views on Placental Function
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علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی
زیست شناسی تکاملی
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چکیده انگلیسی
In his major work “Zoonomia”, Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) devoted one chapter to the placenta, in which the new knowledge of the recently discovered element oxygen was applied to the functioning of this organ. He considered the “cavities” or “lacunae” in the placenta as the main areas for oxygenation of the fetal blood, as he thought them to be structurally comparable to the lungs and the gills of fish. He obviously was aware of species differences in the uterine arterial blood supply to the placenta between humans and cows, assuming a higher contractility of the vasculature in the latter species. The new evidence for a primarily respiratory role overshadowed ideas of a possible nutritive function of the placenta. Since Hunter's definitive demonstration of separate maternal and fetal blood circulations, nutritive functions of the placenta needed to be explained by transmembrane transport processes, which were unknown at that time. Instead Erasmus Darwin erroneously considered the amniotic fluid as the main source of nutrients for the fetus. His understanding of placental respiration found expression in his long poem on the history of life on earth.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Placenta - Volume 28, Issues 8â9, AugustâSeptember 2007, Pages 775-778
Journal: Placenta - Volume 28, Issues 8â9, AugustâSeptember 2007, Pages 775-778
نویسندگان
R. Pijnenborg, L. Vercruysse,