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What is placenta? Explain its structure and function .

 the embryo gets nutrition from the mothers blood with the help of a special tisue called placenta

this is disc which is embedded in the uterine wall .it contains villi on the embryo 's side of the tissue . on the mother 's side are blood spaces whici surrounds villi . this provides a larger surface area for glucose and oxygen to pass from mother to the embryo . the developing embyo will also generate waste substances whihi can be removed by tranferring them into mother 's blood through placenta

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For nine months the placenta feeds and nourishes the fetus while also disposing of toxic waste. Without it the baby could not survive. After your baby is born, the placenta no longer serves a function.

Among organs, it is unique. It is the only organ in the human body that serves a vital function and then becomes obsolete.

The placenta is an extremely complex piece of biological equipment. It is a little bit like an artificial kidney, it allows your blood and the baby's to come into very close contact - but without ever mixing. This enables your blood to pass across nutrients and oxygen to the baby, and waste products like carbon dioxide to go back from baby to mother. It acts as the lung, kidney and digestive system for the baby.

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placenta is a tissue that connects embryo with the mother. it provides nutrition to the embryo from the mother.
On the mother's side it has blood space and on the embryo's side it has villi that provides oxygen and other nutrition and takes back the waste to the blood spaces.
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Placenta is a Disc b/w uterus wall and embryo
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placenta is a disc like structure embedded on the mothers uterus.
it plays a vital role. it has large blood spaces in the mothers side.
it contains a special structure called villi.
it helps in supply of oxygen and glucose.
it also helps in transferring the waste material produced by the foetus ,to the mothers blood.

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It is an intimate mechanical and physiological connection between foetal and maternal tissues. Placenta is an ideal room for the developing embryo. Placenta looks after nutrition, respiration and excretion of the foetus.

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A disc shaped organ or a special tissue in the uterus of pregnant mammal, nourishing and maintaining the foetus through the umbilical cord.
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A Placenta is a tube like structure that connects with the mother embryo. And the function of Placenta are:- (1).They provide Oxygen and glucose to the embryo from the mother. (2).And the give nutrition to the embryo from the mother.
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Placenta is a disc which provides a large surface area for transferring glucose and oxygen from the mother to the embryo.

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Plecenta is a disk like structure connected with umbilical cord to the fetus
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the embryo gets nutrition from the mothers blood with the help of a special tisue called placenta this is disc which is embedded in the uterine wall .it contains villi on the embryo 's side of the tissue . on the mother 's side are blood spaces whici surrounds villi . this provides a larger surface area for glucose and oxygen to pass from mother to the embryo . the developing embyo will also generate waste substances whihi can be removed by tranferring them into mother 's blood through placenta
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Placenta is a special tissue that helps the human embryo in obtaining nutrition from mother's blood Structure Placenta is a disc like structure embedded in the uterine wall It contains rely on the side of the embryo It contains blood spaces on the Mother's side which surrounds the Villi Functions It provides a large surface area for glucose and oxygen to pass from mother's blood to the embryo It also removes metabolic waste from the embryo Hope it helps. ...
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The placenta is a flattened structure found int the uterus of a pregnant women. It provides nourishment to the developing foetus and at the same time carries waste generated by the foetus out to be excreted.Blood Flow and Nutrients in the Placenta. The maternal blood contains nutrients and oxygen for the fetus. ... As a result, carbon dioxide and other waste products diffuse out of the fetal blood, across the trophoblasts of the chorionic villi and into the maternal blood that surrounds the villi
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