Amnion Band
Amnion Band

This is a view of the chorionic plate.
The probe demostrates a strand of amniotic tissue that is hanging from the amnion epithelium on the chorionic plate. Strands such as this are called amniotic band and can be seen anywhere along the surface of the amnion in a delivered placenta.
(Description By:Melinda Sanders, M.D. )
(Image Contrib. by: UCHC )