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What is the function of the placental?

Anonymous

∙ 12y ago

Updated: 11/12/2022

it is the interface between the fetus and the mother's blood supply

it acts like a filter - supplying nutrients to the fetus and disposing of waste material from the fetus to the mother

all of this without actually mixing the blood of the fetus and the mother

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∙ 12y ago

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