Question

Function of placenta and umbilical cord

Answer 1

Answer:

Helps in exchange of nutrients and blood from mother to foetus

and waste from foetus to mother

Answer 2

Placenta and umbilical cord.

Explanation:

• Placenta- an organ that develops in the uterus during pregnancy , it is the interface between mother and foetus, from the outer surface of chorion finger like projections  called chorionic villi grow.
• These villi penetrate the tissue of the uterine wall of the mother and forms placenta.
• It provides oxygen , nutrients to the growing baby and removes waste products from baby's blood.
• Umbilical cord is a tube that connects the baby during pregnancy , it has three veins , one carries food and oxygen from placents to baby.
• It has two arteries that carry waste from baby back to the placenta.