NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The placenta is an organ that develops in the uterus during pregnancy. This structure provides oxygen and nutrients to a growing baby. It also removes waste products from the baby’s blood. The placenta attaches to the wall of the uterus, and the baby’s umbilical cord arises from it.

Detailed explanation-2: -The placenta is the organ that develops and implants in the mother’s uterus when she is pregnant. The fetus gets all the needed nutrition, oxygen and life support through the blood vessels in the umbilical cord. This comes from the mother through the placenta.

Detailed explanation-3: -Its principal function is to supply the fetus, and in particular, the fetal brain, with oxygen and nutrients. The placenta is structurally adapted to achieve this, possessing a large surface area for exchange and a thin interhaemal membrane separating the maternal and fetal circulations.