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Umblical Cord or Connecting Stalk

It is a tube of amnion which connects the foetus with the placenta. It is about one and half metres in length. a) WHARTON’S JEELY- It is a thick extraembryonic mesoderm. b) RIGHT and LEFT UMBLICAL ARTERIES- these carries the deoxygenated blood from the foetus to the placenta. After birth the two umbilical arteris are [...]

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