Changes

'''Endometrium'''

'''Endometrium'''

*Mucosa + Submucosa layer.

*Mucosa + Submucosa layer containing endometrial glands.

**caruncles in ruminants are the sites of maternal tissue contribution to the placenta + feotal cotyledon = placentome

*The surface of the endometrium differs between species:

**uterine folds in sows and mare.

**Ruminants - Numerous round button like elavations of the endometrium called Caruncles occur. These are the sites of attchment and maternal tissue contribution to the placenta. Maternal Caruncle + feotal cotyledon = A placentome.

**Sow and Mare - uterine folds are present.

*Not shed in domestic species, only shed in primates.

*Not shed in domestic species, only shed in primates.