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The Ambilucal Cord which is cut off a birth by doctors. That's where belly buttons comes from.
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True or falseThe fetus and the mother share the same circulatory system?
False, the fetus and mother exchange nutrients via the placenta
How does a foetus get its oxygen?
It comes from a temporary organ called the placenta. The fetus is connected to the placenta by the umbilical cord. From the placenta, which is normally attached to the uterine wall, blood, oxygen, and nutrients are transferred through the umbilical cord to the developing fetus.
When does a human fetus start to produce insulin?
I am actually having the exact situation occur! Apparently, the fetus can be provoked into creating insulin, which affects both the fetus and the mother, as early as 11 weeks gestation. This is also made more apparent in a diabetic mother, as compared to one who is not.
Will methane gas hurt a fetus?
In large enough quantities any external problem that effects the Mother would also effect the Fetus.
Do mother and baby share blood?
No. The placenta produces and cleanses the blood for the fetus.
How does a unborn baby get food?
The fetus is connected to its mother by an umbilical cord. The mother's blood carries nutrients through the umbilical cord to the fetus and carries away wastes from the fetus.
How is the fetus connected to the wall of the mother's uterus?
Through the uterine wall
How does oxygen get from the air to cells of the fetus?
The mother is the "host" for the fetus until birth. All nutrition and growth support is done by virtue of the mother's umbilical cord. IT provides all oxygen and nutrition while connected.
How do nutrients move from mother to the fetus?
They are transported from the placenta through the umbilical cord to the fetus. The baby takes nutrients and oxygen from the mother's blood, which travel's through the umbilical cord to the baby
What Structure pushes fetus out of the mother?
The structure that pushes the fetus out of the mother is called the uterus.
How is the twins connect the umbilical cord to the mother?
The umbilical cord is the fetus' "lifeline" to the mother and supplies the fetus with nutrients so the baby can thrive. The cord typically begins to form as soon as the ferilized ovum attaches to the uterine wall.
Can a fetus survive when mother is a and fetus is b blood group?
Yes, there is no danger to the fetus is the mother is type A and baby is type B
Is folic acid found in a higher concentration in fetus than mother?
A fetus gets all of it's nutrition from their mother. The mother has all of the nutrients and passes them along to the fetus.
Do the placenta connect the fetus to the unmbilcal cord?
The placenta is connected with the umbilical cord and then to the fetus.
What is the function of the placental?
it is the interface between the fetus and the mother's blood supply it acts like a filter - supplying nutrients to the fetus and disposing of waste material from the fetus to the mother all of this without actually mixing the blood of the fetus and the mother
Toxins can enter the fetus by?
blood flow from the mother to the fetus
What passes from the uterus to the mother?
The uterus is an organ and thus part of the mother. Did you mean from the fetus to the mother? If so, the umbilical cord goes from the fetus to the mother
