1) Afterbirth
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1) English-language journal 2) Fetal sac 3) Fetus feeder 4) Fetus-feeding organ 5) First warm blanket 6) Mom-baby link 7) Monthly journal 8) Nourishment in the womb 9) One end of an umbilical cord 10) Organ nourishing a fetus 11) Put books on a bloody disc 12) Reproductive structure
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• (n.) The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached. • (n.) The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.
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(L. 'a flat cake') an organ characteristic of true mammals during pregnancy, joining mother and offspring, providing endocrine secretion and selective exchange of soluble, but not particulate, blood-borne substances through an apposition of uterine and trophoblastic vascularized parts. According to species, the area of vascular apposition may be di...
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in zoology, the vascular (supplied with blood vessels) organ in most mammals that unites the fetus to the uterus of the mother. It mediates the ... [26 related articles]
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In mammals, a tissue formed within the uterus through which nutrients are passed from the mother to the embryo (and later the fetus) and its wastes are removed.
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An organ which develops in the uterus during pregnancy, providing nutrients for the fetus and eliminating its waste products.It is also referred to as the afterbirth because it's delivered after the baby in a vaginal birth.
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<anatomy, obstetrics> An organ characteristic of true mammals during pregnancy, joining mother and offspring, providing endocrine secretion and selective exchange of soluble, but not particulate, blood borne substances through an apposition of uterine and trophoblastic vascularised parts. According to species, the area of vascular apposition ...
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(plә-sen´tә) pl. placentas, placen´tae an organ characteristic of true mammals during pregnancy, joining mother and embryo or fetus. Its major function is to allow diffusion of nutrients from the mother's blood into the fetus's blood and diffusion of waste products from the fetus back to the mother. Anatomica...
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A pancake-shaped organ that develops in the uterus
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Pla·cen'ta noun ;
plural Latin
Placentæ , English
Placentas . [ Latin , a cake, Greek ... a flat cake, from ... flat, from ..., ..., anything flat and broad.]
1. (Anat.) The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition ...
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A vascular organ formed in the uterus during pregnancy and which provides oxygen and nutients to the fetus.
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(afterbirth), the membrane attached to the inside of the uterus which takes nutrients from the mare's blood to the fetus through the umbilical cord
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(plua-sen;tua) The organ of metabolic exchange between the mother and the fetus.
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A sac-like tissue that contains the fetus during its development and connects the fetus to the dam.
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A combination of fetal and maternal cells that serves as the organ of exchange for nutrients and other chemicals between mother and fetus during pregnancy.
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A temporary endocrine organ attached to the lining of the womb, formed from the trophoblast, one of the two parts of the blastocyst. It allows oxygen and nutrients to pass from the mother’s bloodstream through to the baby via the umbilical cord. Waste products from the baby also pass through the placenta so that the mother’s system can dispose ...
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an organ formed in the uterus during pregnancy that links the blood of the mother to the blood of the foetus; provides the foetus with nutrients and removes waste
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noun the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus
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Click images to enlargeOrgan that attaches the developing embryo or fetus to the uterus (womb) in placental mammals (mammals other than marsupials, platypuses, and echidnas). Composed of maternal and embryonic tissue, it links the blood supply of the embryo to the blood supply of the mother, allowing the exchange of oxyge...
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A membranous vascular organ that develops in female mammals during pregnancy, lining the uterine wall and partially enveloping the fetus, to which it is attached by the umbilical cord. Following birth, the placenta is expelled..
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Latin = a flat, round cake.
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After birth. An organ that allows for the mother to provide nutrition and remove wastes from the developing baby in the uterus.
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an organ, shaped like a flat cake, that only grows during pregnancy and provides a metabolic interchange between the fetus and mother. (The fetus takes in oxygen, food, and other substances and eliminates carbon dioxide and other wastes.)
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A pancake-shaped organ that develops in the uterus and provides nutrients and oxygen for the fetus and eliminates its waste products. The placenta attaches to the uterine wall. The baby is connected to the placenta with the umbilical cord. The expelling of the placenta after the baby is born is called the third stage of labor.
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