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Can external pressure on abdomen affect foetus?
External preasure on abdomen does affect the foetus.
What does the foetus give to the mother?
pain.
What is it called when a baby is inside the mother?
The mother is then pregnant. Its called a foetus.
Does carbon dioxide get carried down to the fetus?
It can if there is an unusual amount in the mother's environment. Anything that is in the blood of the mother is sent through the foetus, and anything discarded by the foetus is sent through the mother's bloodstream.
Why does a foetus's lungs don't work properly?
The foetus in embedded in fluid called amniotic fluid. Some times the foetus takes a breath in that fluid, just before the delivery. The result is disastrous. If the foetus is born with the fluid in the lungs, it is going to die in most of the cases. The foetus is getting all the oxygen and the nutrition from the mother. This is supplied through the placenta. So the lungs of the foetus are at rest in the womb of the mother.
What substance can be passed from the mother to the foetus?
Carbon dioxide and other such waste gases diffuse from the foetus and across the placenta into the mother's blood. Urea (excretory product) also diffuses into the mother's blood. (The substances in bold will answer question).
How are nutrients absorbed by the fetus?
The nutrients are absorbed through the placenta by the foetus. The foetus gets the oxygen and nutrition from the mother. The blood of the mother and foetus comes very close to each other in the placenta. Both are not mixed up. They are separated by very thin membrane. The surface area of the contact is very large as compared to the size of placenta.
What passes from foetus to mother in the placenta?
it's the emberyo because its the blood from the baby is used for the mother so it is very good for a mother to use !
What does a fetus need?
A growing foetus needs the cord because it gives the food and oxygen from the mother into the babyThe cord feeds the baby and gives the baby oxygen.All foetus's need a cord !
How does steroids and food affect you while being pregnant?
Whatever mother takes in - food, steroids - goes in some form to the foetus (baby) through the umbilical cord. So food and substances that can harm should be avoided.
Why can the foetus still catch diseases from it's mother?
Because it shares blood and every cell in the mothers body.
Can metal pass through the placental barriers?
Most probably they will pass that way. They are toxic to the mother and foetus as well.
