Question

What is placenta ? State its two function .

Answer 1

The placenta is an organ that develops in your uterus during pregnancy.
Its functions:

*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

Placenta - A special tissue embedded in the uterus wall with the help of which human embryo gets nutrition from mother’s blood.
Function:

To provide large surface area for glucose and to pass through mother’s blood to the embryo.


The metabolic waste generated by embryo is removed through placenta into mother’s blood.