What is umbilical cord?
Answer / Ashish Shukla
The umbilical cord is a flexible, tube-like structure that connects the developing embryo or fetus to the placenta within the uterus. It consists of three main blood vessels: two arteries carrying oxygenated blood from the placenta to the baby and one vein returning deoxygenated blood back to the placenta. The umbilical cord is cut after birth, leaving a stump that eventually dries up and falls off.
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