2006-12-17 15:49:16 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Okay, imagine a bullseye.
In the very center is the embryo (the growing baby).
Around the embryo is the amniotic sac. That's kind of like a big water balloon that cushions the embryo.
Around that is the placenta, which is pyhsically part of the mother, and supplies all the embryo's vital needs: nutrition, oxygen, etc. The umbilical cord goes from the embryo, through the amniotic sac, to the placenta. The umbilical cord is the passage where the nutrients, oxygen go into the embryo, and waste products come out.
Wish I could draw you a picture!
2006-12-17 16:00:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The placenta is the temporary organ which a woman's body grows during pregnancy. It is attached to the wall of the uterus and filters blood from the mother's system allowing it to pass into the fetal system so the fetus can get oxygen and nutrients and waste products can be passed away. It is *not* the same as the sac or placental membranes - these are two separate layers of tissue called the aminon and chorion which are attached to but distinct from the placenta and are filled with amniotic fluid within which the fetus floats.
The umbilical cord consists of three intertwined blood vessels (two arteries and one vein) which carry the filtered blood from the placenta to the fetus. The vessels are covered in a greyish, jelly-like substance called Wharton's Jelly.
At delivery, the umbilical cord is usually clamped and cut when the baby emerges at the end of the second stage of labour, and the placenta is delivered after this when it has detatched from the wall of the uterus (constituting the third stage of labour). The membranes (amnion and chorion) also emerge at the same time.
2006-12-18 10:42:46 · answer #2 · answered by purplepadma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the placenta is the only organ a woman is not born with but produces during pregnancy. It is attached to the side of the uterus and its purpose is to feed, filter and give oxygen to the baby. This is achieved via the umblical cord which acts as a life line between placenta and baby.
2006-12-18 05:20:11 · answer #3 · answered by tah75 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HI,
Yes there is a difference. The umbilical cord is attached from the baby to the placenta. The umbilical cord is what brings the nutrients to the baby from the mom. without the umbilical the baby would not grow and get the nutrients it needs to survive. It also provide oxygen to the baby.
The placenta is what attaches to the womb/uterus. The placenta is what the baby is in. It is like a pouch with something called amniotic fluid. This fluid helps keep the baby skin from drying out amongst other things. The baby swims around in there and stretches and sucks it's thumb.
When the baby is born, minutes later the placenta makes it's appearance.
Hope that helped.
2006-12-17 20:22:24 · answer #4 · answered by tssdnr75 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the umbilical cord is the cord between the placenta and baby it is what (feeds) the unborn the placenta is the sack that hold the nutrients and is connected to the mother. i would say yes.. the umbilical cord is just the tube the nutrients travel through to the baby from the placenta.
2006-12-17 15:52:34 · answer #5 · answered by blueeyesarmybrat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Placenta is the baby's after birth and protects the baby until birth and the umblical cord is the tube that give the baby air and food!
2006-12-17 15:51:47 · answer #6 · answered by MagikButterfly 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. The placenta is an organ which is attached to baby by the umbilical cord. The baby does not reside in nor is surrounded by the placenta...I think these posters are referring to the amniotic sac.
2006-12-17 15:52:09 · answer #7 · answered by Midwife Jane 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The placenta looks like a steak & holds all the nutrients for the baby. The cord takes the nutrients to the baby.
2006-12-17 15:50:38 · answer #8 · answered by IMHO 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The placenta is the sac that is attached to the uterine wall, which will provide a protective environment for the fetus.
The umbilical cord is an actual attachment from the fetus to the placenta itself, which provides nutrients directly from the mother's bloodstream to the fetus' bloodstream. (That's why if a mother smokes, it will damage the fetus because those chemicals will constrict the umbilical cord ...PLUS... the carcinogens will get direct access to the fetus).
2006-12-17 15:53:20 · answer #9 · answered by ☺ . CIEL . ☺ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The short answer: Yes. The placenta is what the baby resides in. The cord is how the nutrients go form the mother to the child. It is attached to the what will become the child's belly button.
2006-12-17 15:52:02 · answer #10 · answered by T 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋