<P> Some cultures have alternative uses for placenta that include the manufacturing of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food . </P> <Ul> <Li> <P> Fetus of about 8 weeks, enclosed in the amnion . Magnified a little over two diameters . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Picture of freshly delivered placenta and umbilical cord wrapped around Kelly clamps </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Fresh human placenta </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Micrograph of a placental infection (CMV placentitis). </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Micrograph of CMV placentitis . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> A 3D Power doppler image of vasculature in 20 - week placenta </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Placenta held . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Schematic view of the placenta </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Maternal side of a whole human placenta, just after birth </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Fetal side of same placenta </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Ziheche (紫 河 车), dried human placenta used in traditional Chinese medicine </P> </Li> </Ul> <Li> <P> Fetus of about 8 weeks, enclosed in the amnion . Magnified a little over two diameters . </P> </Li> <P> Fetus of about 8 weeks, enclosed in the amnion . Magnified a little over two diameters . </P>

The type of placenta present in human beings is