Umbilical cord. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a human umbilical cord, showing a blood vessel (purple/red). The umbilical cord is the

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Umbilical cord. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a human umbilical cord, showing a blood vessel (purple/red). The umbilical cord is the attachment connecting the foetus with the placenta, and by which the foetus receives nourishment from the mother's blood.

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Photo credit: © SUSUMU NISHINAGA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: anatomical, anatomy, biological, biology, blood, body, coloured, cord, cross, cross-section, false-coloured, female, human, navel, reproduction, reproductive, section, sectioned, sem, string, system, umbilical, vessel