Velamentous Insertion of Umbilical Cord
Velamentous Insertion of Umbilical Cord

View of placenta from fetal surface.
Umbilical cord inserts into membranes (arrow at point of insertion).
Cord runs within the membranes to the chorionic plate which is surface of disc.
(Description By:Melinda Sanders, M.D. )
(Image Contrib. by: Hartford Hospital )