Question

What are the functions of placenta ?

Answer 1

:Required Answer

• The placenta is an organ that develops in your uterus during pregnancy.
• This structure provides oxygen and nutrients to your growing baby and removes waste products from your baby's blood.
• The placenta attaches to the wall of your uterus, and your baby's umbilical cord arises from it.

Answer 2

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• Respiratory, excretory, nutritive, endocrine, barrier function, immunological function.
• Supplying oxygen and output of co2 is done via simple diffusion (respiratory) and nutrients to the fetus via the umbilical cord (nutritive).
• Clearing out waste products, such as urea, creatinine, uric acid from the fetus (excretory).
• Metabolizing and releasing food substances and required products into the maternal and fetal blood circulations.
• Protecting the fetus from xenobiotics (compounds including food additives, drugs, and environmental pollutants).