Umbilical cord.
umbilical cord
Umbilicus or umbilical cord
The fetus is connected to its mother by an umbilical cord. The mother's blood carries nutrients through the umbilical cord to the fetus and carries away wastes from the fetus.
The placenta has the job of taking everything from your body that the baby needs (ie: oxygen from the blood, nutrients, etc) and filters it out... the umbilical cord carries these 'needs' to the baby so he/she can grow healthy :)
The umbilical cord connects the mother and child. The baby gets oxygen from the mother's blood.
In a sense, yes, the baby does "breathe" through the umbilical cord. The mother does the breathing for the baby and the umbilical cord carries in fresh, oxygenated blood with nutrition in it. The mother eats and breathes for the baby as well as herself.
The umbilical cord is the connection between a mother mammal and her baby. The cord grows inside the mother. It starts growing when the baby does, and will provide the baby with food and oxygen until the baby is born.
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To supply the baby with food and oxygen from the mother's body.
A growing foetus needs the cord because it gives the food and oxygen from the mother into the babyThe cord feeds the baby and gives the baby oxygen.All foetus's need a cord !
Placental mammals respirate using the umbilical cord. The cord, which is attached to both baby and mother, delivers food and oxygen to the baby.
The umbilical cord connects the fetus to the mother and that is how the baby grows and develops for 9 months. The umbilical cord allows the baby to eat and is the source for oxygen for the unborn child.
After it is born, it get oxygen from the air and food from its mother's milk. Before it is born it get both form its mother though the placenta and umbilical cord.