The Morphology of Villous Capillary Bed in Normal and Diabetic Placenta

The functional competence of each organ depends markedly on characteristics of its capillary bed, i.e. volume, structure of the capillary wall, rate of the blood flow, spatial arrangement and relationship to the neighboring structural components of the organ (e.g. epithelium, muscle tissue). The knowledge of the structure, quantity, arrangement and features of microvascular bed of the organ is necessary for the complete understanding of its functions. It is obvious that those characteristics are markedly different among organs (e.g. kidney, liver, endocrine glands, brain, etc.).