Methodology of preparation of corrosive specimens from human placenta – a technical note

Abstract Detailed knowledge of the anatomy of human placenta vessels is clinically essential and requires the use of many different anatomical and histological techniques. One of the interesting methods of visualising vessels is the corrosion technique. It enables spatial visualisation of the vascular network of the analysed organ. The authors present a developed, own method of preparing the corrosive preparations from human placenta. They underline the advantages and disadvantages of this technique. They describe solutions aimed at reducing the costs of the process. They show that corrosion technology enables relatively fast and inexpensive visualisation of arterial and venous vessels of the human placenta.