URINARY SYSTEM AND MALE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT
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The mother’s and baby’s blood mix together
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Their is an exchange of nutrients, oxygen, and waste between the mother’s and baby’s blood across a membrane
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It protects the baby
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It determines the sex of the baby
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Detailed explanation-1: -Oxygen and nutrients from the mother’s blood are transferred across the placenta to the fetus through the umbilical cord. This enriched blood flows through the umbilical vein toward the baby’s liver. There it moves through a shunt called the ductus venosus. This allows some of the blood to go to the liver.
Detailed explanation-2: -The placenta is a specialized organ of exchange that provides nutrients to and excretes waste products from the fetus.
Detailed explanation-3: -Figure 5.1 The placenta is the organ of respiratory gas exchange for the fetus. It supports the developing fetus by transferring oxygen and nutrients from the maternal to the fetal circulation and transferring carbon dioxide and wastes away from the fetal to the maternal circulation.
Detailed explanation-4: -The exchange of these substances between the mother and fetus occurs through the placenta.