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The mother's blood supply enters the foetus via the umbillical cord and allows oxygen to diffuse from the mother's blood into the foetus.
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How does a developing human fetus obtain its nourishment and oxygen?
Umbilical cord
How does a developing baby get food and oxygen during the pregnancy?
Baby gets food and oxygen through the umbilical cord. This umbilical cord is attached to the placenta. This placenta is attached to the uterus. In the placenta blood of the mother comes close to the blood of the fetus. There is transfer of food and oxygen to the blood of fetus from the blood of mother. Carbon bi oxide and waste products of metabolism are transferred to the blood of mother from the blood of fetus.
How does the foetus get food and oxygen?
The fetus gets food and oxygen through the umbilical cord.
What is the tube that provides the fetus with food and oxygen and removes waste?
umbilical cord
How does a fetus receive food and oxygen and get rid of wastes?
Through the umbilical cord and placenta
How does a lion obtain food and oxygen?
they are carnivores so they get food by killing other mammals and oxygen by inhaling with there lungs
The main function of the placenta in a mammal is?
it extracts food and oxygen from the uterine wall of the mother to the fetus.
When does a fetus get food before birth?
With mammals, the fetus has a connection by its umbilical cord to an organ of the mother, called the placenta. Blood passes through the umbilical cord to the fetus, carrying food and oxygen. The umbilical cord is attached to the fetus at a point you will later call your navel or belly button.
What takes nutrients and oxygen to the fetus?
The umbilical cord takes nutrients and oxygen to the fetus.
What substance passes from the fetus to the mother?
The deoxygenated blood and the baby's waste products pass from the foetus to the mother. The mother can then dispose of these through her systems.
How do Echinoderms get their energy?
Echinoderms get their food and oxygen for energy. They ues tube feet to obtain oxygen from the water.
How do sponges bring oxygen and food into their bodies?
They depend on the constant waterflow of the ocean through their bodies to obtain food and oxygen and remove wastes.
