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It nourishes the embryo
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What two important substances pass from the mother through the placenta to the embryo?
food and water
What structure carries blood between the fetus and the placenta?
Umbilical Cord
For what purpose is the placenta attached to the mother and fetus?
The placenta being attached to both the mother and the fetus, provide important benefits, such as supplying nutrients to the fetus, eliminating waste, and gas exchange.
What is the medical term meaning abnormal implantation of the placenta?
Placenta previa, placenta accreta, placenta increta, and placenta increta are all conditions stemming from abnormal implantation of the placenta.
Do cats have a placenta?
Placenta comes out after each kitten.
How nutrients oxygen and waste are exchanged between the fetus and the mother?
how nutrients,oxygen and waste are exchange between the fetus and the mother
Why is it important for the embryo to implant itself to the wall of the uterus?
Otherwise it can not grow into a baby. It will get no nutrients from a placenta and will be a miscarriage.
Why is the corpus luteum important to reproduction?
The corpus luteum produces progesterone during the time that the placenta is forming, about the first trimester. After the placenta is mature, it will continue to produce progesterone while the corpus luteum degenerates. Progesterone is an important pregnancy hormone. Pregnancy cannot continue without it.
To which structure does the umbilical cord connect the embryo?
The umbilical cord is attached to the placenta and the placenta is attached to the wall of the uterus
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.
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.
What is displaced placenta called?
Placenta Previa
