Chorionic Villus

Noun1.chorionic villus - one of the tiny villi that stick out of the fetal chorion and combine with the mother's uterine tissue to form the placenta
chorion - outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
villus - a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane

 

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