Examples of placenta in the following topics:
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- When the zygote attaches to the wall of the uterus, the placenta is formed.
- The placenta provides nourishment and oxygen to the fetus.
- Most everything the mother ingests, including food, liquid, and even medication, travels through the placenta to the fetus—hence the common phrase that a mother “eats for two.”
- Alcohol and most drugs cross the placenta and affect the fetus.
- Smoking tobacco is also considered a teratogen because nicotine travels through the placenta to the fetus.
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- During the germinal stage, the cells necessary for the placenta, umbilical cord, and amniotic fluid will differentiate to form the embryo.
- Now blood vessels grow, forming the placenta.
- The placenta is a structure connected to the uterus that provides nourishment and oxygen from the woman's body to the developing embryo through the umbilical cord.
- During the germinal stage of prenatal development, the cells necessary for the placenta, umbilical cord, and amniotic fluid will differentiate to form the embryo.
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- This syndrome is caused when alcohol crosses the barrier of the placenta in a pregnant woman and damages the developing brain of the fetus.
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- Progesterone: produced in sex organs, or the placenta when pregnant; can support pregnancy and has other regulatory functions.