placenta circumvallata References Quizzes 44 Questions from Britannica’s Most Popular Health and Medicine Quizzes placenta circumvallata pathology Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: pregnancy/ Placental anomaliesThe former type, called placenta circumvallata, is associated with several maternal and fetal complications; the latter type, called placenta membranacea, may cause problems at delivery—e.g., bleeding, failure of the membrane to separate. Read MoreThe former type, called placenta circumvallata, is associated with several maternal and fetal complications; the latter type, called placenta membranacea, may cause problems at delivery—e.g., bleeding, failure of the membrane to separate. Read More