‘Slide Uist < umbilical Cord Umbil ‘The umbilical carats mastly made up of connective tissue Known as Wharton's Jelly and fas relatively few cells. The cord has one large umbilical veln ang two : Umbilical arteries. These vessels transport blood to and from the placenta, se where exchange between the motner and fetus takes place What ispecullar |" * ‘ ‘about the respective oxygen and carton dioxide contents ofthe blood in these ye vessels? : Answer‘Slide List | Chrorionic Villi | At term, the chorionic villi are filled with capilaries, The syncytiotropnoblast layers il present but the ytotrophabless are mostly gone Note the lose } epposition between the capillaries and syncytiotrophoblasts. How many 1 | layers does a molecule of oxygen havetto traverse between maternal blood GB | end ecapillary in avillus? Ans © Grorionic vii > Capillary