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trophoblast (tro´fo-blast) the peripheral cells of the blastocyst, which attach the zygote to the uterine wall and become the placenta and the membranes that nourish and protect the developing organism. The inner cellular layer is the cytotrophoblast and the outer layer is the syntrophoblast.
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