Assertion: placenta's structure | /r/CapableOf | connect to the fetus
Facets:
value: with the placenta
type: OTHER
value: via the umbilical cord
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The fetus receives oxygen and nourishment from the mother's blood via the placenta, a disk-like structure that sticks to the inner lining of the uterus and connects to the fetus via the umbilical cord.
text: Lying in the chorionic cavity (a thin liquid-filled space) between two membranous envelopes (chorion and amnion) is a small balloon-like sac, yolk sac, or vitelline sac, attached by a delicate strand of tissue to the region where the umbilical cord (the structure connecting the fetus with the placenta) leaves the amnion.
text: This disk-like structure sticks to the inner lining of the uterus and connects to the fetus via the umbilical (um-BIL-ih-kul) cord.
text: This disk-like structure sticks to the inner lining of the uterus and connects to the fetus via the umbilical (um-BIL-ih-kul) cord.