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What are the things that can pass across the placenta to the fetus?
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∙ 11y ago
Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon dioxide, Nutritions and alcohol can pass.
And only one type of antibodies can pass which is the IgG. Viruses can pass like HIV and HBV (Hepatitis B virus) that's why the affected mothers usually have affected babies.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y agobacteria, blood cells, viruses ect..
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What are the three harmful things that can pass across the placenta to the fetus?
alcahol canser and diseses
What way does blood normally pass across the placenta?
blood does not pass across the placenta
Does chemicals from cigarette smoke pass through the placenta to the fetus?
I am sure that it does.
Can you pass the fetus and placenta separately during miscarriage?
Yes. I have had two miscarriages, both at 8 to 9 weeks. The first one, everything came out as one. On the second one, I passed the fetus first then passed the placenta the next time I went to the toilet. The placenta is much bigger.
How does a women pass substances into her foetus?
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.
Can red blood cells enter the body of a fetus?
To be a Feotus the baby must still be in the womb and is therefore still connected to its mother via the Placenta from which it receives oxygen and nutrients. Reb blood cells do not travel across the membranes of the placenta and therefore cannot pass between mother and foetus. This is because the placenta it effectively a loarge capillary bed from the foetus aligned with one from the mother. Just like in any other cappilary the red blood cells are far too large to pass across the vessel walls.
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.
How does food pass through the mother to get to the fetus to feed of off?
The baby is connected by the umbilical cord to the placenta. The placenta is attached to the inside of the womb. Blood carries food through the blood vessels in the wall of the womb and the blood vessels of the placenta absorb the food.
How does the addiction of drugs from the mother get to the baby?
Drugs in the mother's bloodstream pass across the membrane of the placenta, and transfer to the unborn baby's blood by the umbilical cord, which connects the baby to the placenta.
What is a placenta where is it and what is used for?
The placenta grows inside the uterus of a pregnant mother during growth of the unborn fetus. The placenta allows nutrients, wastes, oxygen, carbon dioxide, fluids, hormones, and other substances to pass between the host (pregnant mother) and the fetus without letting their blood streams co-mingle. The placenta is expelled as part of the birthing process, and is commonly called the afterbirth. Follow the Related Link below to view a Wikipedia article on this subject.
What specific type of acquired immunity that a fetus obtains from maternal antibodies that cross the placenta is called?
Passive immunity because the antibodies pass from mother to fetus.
What is placenta and what is function?
For nine months the placenta feeds and nourishes the fetus while also disposing of toxic waste.
