What is the purpose of the placenta?

Answer 1

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http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=2309 the purpose of a placenta is to clean out all of the exess poop left inside of your bum, its job is to cleanse it out and turn it into nutrients for your baby so it can survive when not being fed.

Answer 2

The placenta is what develops during pregnancy that connects the mother to the fetus. The placenta provides the baby with oxygen, nutrients, and blood. It also delivers the waste of the fetus to the mother so the mother can expel it.

Answer 3

To pass on food, water and oxygen into the baby through the cord.

To act as a combination lung, kidney, and stomach.

To take waste products from baby to the mum,

Also to keep the two blood supplies separate.

Answer 4

The Placenta provides nutrients, oxygen, helps protect your baby from infections, and also discards of waste produced by your baby.

Answer 5

The placenta's job is to supply the baby with adequate nutrition from the mother.

Answer 6

It nourishes the embryo.