page_title: Umbilical vein
hierarchical_section_title: Umbilical vein
caption_attribution_description: Human embryo about fifteen days old. Brain and heart represented from right side. Digestive tube and yolk sac in median section. (After His.)
context_page_description: The umbilical vein is a vein present during fetal development that carries oxygenated blood from the placenta into the growing fetus. The umbilical vein provides convenient access to the central circulation of a neonate for restoration of blood volume and for administration of glucose and drugs.
  The blood pressure inside the umbilical vein is approximately 20 mmHg.
context_section_description: The umbilical vein is a vein present during fetal development that carries oxygenated blood from the placenta into the growing fetus. The umbilical vein provides convenient access to the central circulation of a neonate for restoration of blood volume and for administration of glucose and drugs.
  The blood pressure inside the umbilical vein is approximately 20 mmHg.
caption: Human embryo. Brain and heart represented from right side. Digestive tube and yolk sac in median section. (Umbilical vein labeled at bottom left.)
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