See also:

• PLACENTA (Lat. for a cake)

PLACENTA (See also:

• LAT

Lat. for a cake)  , in See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy, the See also:

• ORGAN

organ by which the embryo is nourished within the womb of its See also:

• MOTHER

mother . When the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young one is See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born the See also:

• PLACENTA (Lat. for a cake)

placenta and membranes come away as the " afterbirth." Inhuman anatomy the organ is a circular disk about seven or eight inches in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter and one and a See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter inches in thickness at its centre, while at its margin it is very thin and is continuous with the foetal membranes . It weighs about a See also:

• POUND
• POUND (2)—(a)

pound . In See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to explain the formation of the placenta it is necessary to encroach to some extent on the domain of See also:

• PHYSIOLOGY (from Gr. 4 i s, nature, and koyos, discourse)

physiology . Before each menstrual See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, during the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child-bearing See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of a woman, the mucous membrane of the uterus hypertrophies, and, at the period, is See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast off and renewed, but if a fertilized ovum reaches the uterus the casting off is postponed until the See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth of the child . From the fact that the thickened mucous membrane lining the interior of the uterus is cast off sooner or later, it is spoken of as the " decidua." The fertilized ovum, on reaching the uterus, sinks into and embeds itself in the already prepared decidua, and, as it enlarges, there is one See also:

• PART

part of the decidua lying between it and the uterine See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall (" decidua serrotina " or " basalis "), one part stretched over the See also:

• SURFACE

surface of the enlarging ovum (" decidua reflexa " or " capsularis ") and one part lining the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the uterus (" decidua See also:

• VERA, AUGUSTO (1813-1885)

vera ") (see fig I.) . Decidua basalis . under Alonzo de Ojeda, by whom he was entrusted with the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the unfortunate See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement at See also:

• SAN

San See also:

• SEBASTIAN
• SEBASTIAN, ST

Sebastian . He accompanied See also:

• BALBOA, VASCO NU1EZ DE (c. 1475-1517)

Balboa (whom he afterwards helped to bring to the See also:

• BLOCK
• BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ")
• BLOCK, MAURICE (1816–19or)

block) in the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of the Pacific; and under Pedrarias d'See also:

• AVILA
• AVILA (anc. Abula or Avela)
• AVILA, GIL GONZALEZ DE (c. 1577-1658)

Avila he received a repartimento, and became a See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle-See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer at See also:

• PANAMA

Panama . Here in 1522 he entered into a See also:

• PARTNERSHIP (earlier forms, partener, parcener, from Late Lat. partionarius for partitionarius, from partitio, sharing, pars, part)

partnership with a See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest named Hernando de Luque, and a soldier named Diego de See also:

• ALMAGRO, DIEGO DE (1475-1538)

Almagro, for purposes of exploration and See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest towards the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south . See also:

• PIZARRO, FRANCISCO (c. 1471 or 1475-1541)

Pizarro, Almagro and Luque afterwards renewed their compact in a more See also:

• SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn and explicit manner, agreeing to conquer and See also:

• DIVIDE

divide equally among themselves the opulent See also:

• EMPIRE

empire they hoped to reach . Explorations were then undertaken down the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of South See also:

• AMERICA

America, in which Pizarro, though See also:

• LEFT

left. for months with but thirteen followers on a small See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island without See also:

• SHIP

ship or stores, persisted till he had coasted as far as about 9° S. and obtained distinct accounts of the Peruvian Empire .

The See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Panama showing little disposition to encourage the adventurers, Pizarro resolved to apply to the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign in See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person for help, and with this See also:

• OBJECT

object sailed from Panama for See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1528, reaching See also:

• SEVILLE
• SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

Seville in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early summer . See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles V. was won over, and on the 26th of See also:

• JULY

July 1529 was executed at See also:

• TOLEDO
• TOLEDO, COUNCILS OF (Concilia toletana)

Toledo the famous See also:

• CAPITULATION (Lat. capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms)

capitulation, by which Pizarro was upon certain conditions made governor and See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of New See also:

• CASTILE, or CASTILLE (Castilla)

Castile for the distance of 200 leagues along the newly discovered coast, and invested with all the authority and prerogatives of a See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy, his associates being left in wholly secondary positions . One of the conditions of the See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant was that within six months Pizarro should raise a sufficiently equipped force of two See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred and fifty men, of whom one hundred might be See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from the colonies; as he could not make up his due See also:

• COMPLEMENT (Lat. complementum, from complere, to fill up)

complement he sailed clandestinely from San Lucar in See also:

• JANUARY

January Glam.{ Dilated Part . 1530 . He was afterwards joined by his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Unchanged part . Hernando with the remaining vessels, and when the expedition left Panama in January of the following See also:

• YEAR

year it numbered three See also:

• SHIPS

ships, one hundred and eighty men, and twenty-seven horses . The subsequent movements of Pizarro belong to the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru (q.v.) . After the final effort of the Incas to recover See also:

• CUZCO

Cuzco in 1J36-37 had been defeated by Diego de Almagro, a dispute occurred between him and Pizarro respecting the limits of their See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction . This led to See also:

• BATTLE

battle; Almagro was defeated (1538) and executed; but his supporters conspired, and assassinated Pizarro on the 26th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1541 .