Question

Write any two major functions of placenta.

Answer 1

1. The placenta mainly functions to supply adequate nutrition to your baby. Before the blood from you reaches your baby, it travels through the placenta to reach the umbilical cord that connects you with your baby.

2. Yet another important function that the placenta performs is that it acts like the kidney; it filters the blood to eliminate the harmful substances that might be hazardous to the health of your baby.

Answer 2

1) it provides nutrition by blood to transfer oxygen and nutrients

2)Waste products excreted from the fetus such as urea, uric acid, and creatinine are transferred to the maternal blood by diffusion across the placenta.

3) IgG antibodies can pass through placenta so, providing protection and immunity to the fetus