label: chorionic anchoring villus
label_lc: chorionic anchoring villus
description: "A distal smaller chorionic stem villus that is connected to the maternal side of the placenta (in early gestational stages to the decidua, and later to the developing basal plate) via a cytotrophoblast cell column. A chorionic anchoring villus stabilizes the position of the villous tree in the maternal intervillous bloodstream."