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The fetus receives oxygen and nourishment from the placenta via the umbilical cord. Waste and carbon dioxide return to the placenta via the umbilical cord.
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Name 2 ways in which harmful substances can be passed onto the foetus?
To my knowledge there is only one way. Across the placenta and into the foetus. Everything taken into mothers body will pass across the placenta, around the system of the foetus and even returning waste back across the placenta through the magic of Osmosis.
Can metal pass through the placental barriers?
Most probably they will pass that way. They are toxic to the mother and foetus as well.
What is the process which substances pass from the mother to the foetus?
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.
What is sextupilets?
sextuplets are when a women has 6 foetus (babies) in her womb at a time.
Can heavy metals pass through the placental barrier?
Most probably they will pass that way. They are toxic to the mother and foetus as well.
What harmful substance can pass through the placenta to the foetus?
Ellicit drugs, alcohol and nicotine.
Why do onwem have large butts?
What are 'onwem'? Do you mean 'women. if so please spell it correctly. Secondly, the word 'butt' , is horrible. Please use the word 'posterior', or 'bottom'. In the nature of the question the use of the word 'hips' is not out of place. To answer your question, 'Why do women have large hips or bottoms? Reason; it is for them to be able to bear a foetus in the womb/uterus and then be able to give birth and pass it out. The pubic ramus (pelvic bone) is much larger in a women in order to support the foetus during the 9 months gestation period (pregnancy), and for the baby's head to pass through at child birth.
What is the flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant women which nourishes the foetus through the umbilical cord?
Placenta
What substance can be passed from the mother to the foetus?
Carbon dioxide and other such waste gases diffuse from the foetus and across the placenta into the mother's blood. Urea (excretory product) also diffuses into the mother's blood. (The substances in bold will answer question).
What hinders electricity pass?
Opaque substances.
What allows a cell to control what substance pass into and out of it?
allows a cell to control what substances pass into and out of it?
What is a name for an unborn baby?
An unborn baby is referred to as a fetus, or foetus.
