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What I the name of the organ where substances pass between the mothers and fetus blood?
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How does the fetus obtain food and oxygen?
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.
Toxins can harm a developing fetus?
Absolutely YES! Substances of good/bad can be transported from what is inhale by the mother to the fetus by the process of "blood flow from the mother to the fetus" or entering the umbilical cord to the fetus .
How does a fetus get rid of wastes?
through the mothers blood stream and thus kidneys via the umbilical cord.
What is the structure which exchanges substances between mother and fetus?
Umbilical Cord I think
How does rh negative blood types affect pregnancy?
Having a negative rh blood type can seriously affect pregnancy and should be monitored closely. The possible incompatibility between the mother and the fetus could result in the mothers antibodies attacking the fetus as if it were a virus. This can be prevented by a shot roughly 28 weeks into the pregnancy.
What best describes the relationship between the blood of a human fetus and the blood of the mother?
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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
How does a developing fetus remove its waste substances?
99.9 % is removed via the blood - i.e. via the umbilical cord ... where the mother clears the blood. A tiny amount (via the kidneys) ends up in the uterine fluid surrounding the fetus.
Which organ allows an exchange of substances between mother and fetus and is only present during gestation?
placenta
Which organs allows an exchange of substances between mother and fetus and is only present during gestation?
placenta
Where does the exchange of respiratory gases take place between a mother's blood and the blood of her fetus?
Placenta
Why does alchaol taken by a mother affect a baby?
The mothers bloodstream then contains alcohol and that makes its way to the unborn fetus through blood and the umbilical chord.
