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The placenta is an extremely complex piece of biological equipment. A little bit like an artificial kidney (dialysis machine), it allows your blood and the baby''s to come into very close contact without ever mixing
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Do penguins have placenta?
They lay eggs during pregnancy.
What does a placenta do during pregnancy?
keeps a baby alive.xxx
What is a hardened placenta called during pregnancy?
Calcification
What is the placentas role?
The placenta provides your developing baby with a supply of blood, oxygen, and nutrients vital to a healthy baby! The placenta is fully developed by your 18th week of pregnancy. The placenta also carries waste including carbon dioxide away from your baby. The quality of function of your placenta is dependent upon how healthy you are, this is why it is important to keep your blood and oxygen as clean as possible especially during pregnancy (which is why you should not drink or smoke during pregnancy). The placenta keeps harmful materials away from your baby including infections but the body does not always recognize these harmful substances which is another reason you should not drink,smoke or take drugs during pregnancy.
As the foetus develops in the womb the placenta plays an important role give two functions of the placenta?
The main function of placenta in pregnancy is to supply your baby with sufficient nourishment. Generally it is found to evaluate around one-sixth of your newborn's weight. Every minute during the pregnancy, approximately about 550 ml of blood gets pushed into the uterus to replace enough nutrients with the placenta for your baby.
What is the vascular organ that forms on the uterine wall during pregnancy?
placenta
Can the placenta move during pregnancy?
Yes. But the movement is relative. Placenta does not change the position. But lower placenta may move up. So that placenta previa may become normal placenta.
Where does the baby gets its food during pregnancy?
From the placenta through the umbilical cord.
How does a developing fetus exchange material during pregnancy?
through the placenta and umbilical cord
37 weeks pregnant with placenta maturation?
During this period your uterus is stretched to the max. You can feel your body change to fit the baby. Your placenta is at a mature point during the pregnancy.
Organ that delivers nutrients to and dispopses of wastes for the fetus?
The placenta that is attached to the babys belly button. That's how the baby gets most of it's nourishment. Also the amniotic fluid plays a role in it as well.
How is placenta previa diagnosed?
Placenta previa can be detected during an ultra sound, but it is normal to have low-lying placenta early in pregnancy.
