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umbilical cord

The definitve connecting stalk between the embryo or fetus & the placenta. - promarily composed of wharton jelly in which the umbilical vessels are embedded

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medial umbilical ligament umbilical cord blood banking umbilical cord clamping umbilical cord compression umbilical cord prolapse

General

embryonic structure

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.