Meet the placenta! | Reproductive system physiology | NCLEX-RN | Khan Academy

Learn how the needs of the fetus are met by the placenta, which is a special organ that belongs to both the mother and the fetus! Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. Created by Rishi Desai.

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[chrisgrunwaldt]

so i'm assuming that first image is to scale

[deborahcohen]

This is great, im in my second month of my OBGYN residency and this is a great review!

[Ani.DR.]

i never understood what was written in those massive embryology books.. This one is a concentrate of all that stuff. Brilliant work guys

[hajar.h]

I cant express how much i really appreciate you and your videos. You explain so simply yet briefly. Thank you so much!

[crazzyaashi]

at 8.26 min... u r saying uterine arteries but it shld be umbilical arteries

[maggie]

what a great video, really helps me to understand exactly what the placenta does, thank you

[vos]

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[manondu]

thanks a lot ! You saved me from a big headache while tempting to understand all this ! Great explanations :)

[hellothere]

I’m giving birth to first baby in two months and this helps so much to know what ten heck is going on in there lol very interesting! Great explanation. Thanks so much!

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[georgiehenderson]

So cool, this is like entertainment. A pleasure to watch, so well explained!!! Thank you so much.

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[spencerroose]

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