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Were does red blood cells produce while in the fetus?
In the liver.
The condition in which rh plus red blood cells of a fetus are attacked by anti-Rh antibodies of the fetus Rh-mother is called?
Heamolytic disease of the newborn or Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Is there a blood test to determine sex in fetus?
You can't test the mother's blood to determine the sex of the fetus, and blood testing wouldn't terribly effective in determining sex even if you're testing the blood of the fetus because most red cells, which make up the majority of cells in blood, have no nuclei. Amniocentesis is, however, extremely effective for this purpose.
What organ produces red blood cells in the fetus but destroys them after you are born?
Spleen
What is a function of the placenta in mammals?
it permits the passage of nutrients and oxygen from the mother to the fetus.
Does your liver produce red blood cells in case of adults?
In case of the fetus, liver produces red blood cells. Red blood cells are produced by flat bones in case of adults. Given a challenge to produce the extra red blood cells, the liver may start producing red blood cells in adults also, as a last resort.
What organ serves as a respiratory organ for the fetus?
The lungs of the mother breath in the air. The lungs put the oxygen in the red blood cells. The blood flows through the walls of the uterus and through the umbilical cord into the blood stream of the fetus. The venus blood supply returns through a vein in the cord back into the mother and the lungs and the cycle repeats until the cord is cut.
What is hemolytic fetalis?
A hemolytic disease of the newborn that is characterized by an increase in circulating red blood cells and by jaundice and that occurs when the system of an Rh-negative mother produces antibodies to an antigen in the blood of an Rh-positive fetus which cross the placenta and destroy fetal red blood cells, called also hemolytic disease of the newborn.
What cells is the human body made of?
When a human fetus is in its mother's womb, all of the cells that start to develop in it are stem cells. stem cells can form into any other type cell found in the human body. as the fetus continues to develop, the stem cells will change into whatever cells the baby needs(i.e., they will change into all the cells found in the human body)
Does a baby inherit the blood if the mother has a blood transfusion?
No. Red blood cells do not cross the placenta.
How does fetal hemoglobin enhance oxygen transfer across the placenta from mother to fetus?
I'm not quite sure how it would ENHANCE oxygen transfer, but hemoglobin itself is what is in blood and is responsible for the carrying of oxygen to different parts of the body. So the hemoglobin in a fetus would just be what is used to get the oxygen from the mothers blood into its blood.
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.
