Umbilical cord. Light micrograph of a section through an umbilical cord showing on of the two umbilical arteries (yellow and red). Surrounding connect

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Umbilical cord. Light micrograph of a section through an umbilical cord showing on of the two umbilical arteries (yellow and red). Surrounding connective tissue is pink. The umbilical cord is the tube that connects a developing foetus to the placenta inside a mother's womb. It brings oxygen and nutrition to the developing foetus, and takes away waste products. Magnification: x4 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.

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Size: 4120px × 4252px
Photo credit: © DR KEITH WHEELER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: anatomical, anatomy, artery, arterybrings, biological, biology, blood, cord, developing, fetal, fetus, fo, foetal, histological, histology, light, lm, micrograph, microscope, nutrition, oxygen, section, transverse, umbilical, vessel