Placenta

Organ which grows alongside the foetusFoetusFertilized egg when showing the main features of a baby (after the 3rd month…Read more in the uterusUterusOrgan in a woman's belly in which a foetus can grow.Read more when a woman is pregnant. Nutrients are transported from the mother to the foetus through the placentaPlacentaOrgan which grows alongside the foetus in the uterus when a woman is…Read more, and the foetus's waste products are returned to the mother. The placenta and the foetus are connected to each other via the umbilical cordUmbilical cordA sort of tube connecting the foetus to the placenta. The umbilical cord…Read more. The placenta leaves the mother's body 10 to 30 minutes after deliveryDeliveryThe process of giving birth to a baby.Read more.