Why the mother’s blood doesn’t circulate to the foetus in
the mother’s womb?
The blood in the mother’s blood vessels flow at a high
pressure. If the blood fow to the foetus
at this high pressure, the delicate tissue of the foetus get damaged. To over come this problem, exchange of
materials between mother and foetus occur through an organic connection between
mother’s uterus and foetus. Useful materials like glucose, oxygen, minerals,
hormones and antibodies from mother’s blood diffuse into foetus through
placenta. Similarly metabolic wastes like carbon dioxide, nitrogenous wastes
from foetus diffuse into mother’s blood through this placenta only.
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