Question

Nutrients and oxygen are transferred from a mother to a fetus through the

Answer 1

Placenta

Step-by-step explanation:

Through the blood vessels in the umbilical cord, the fetus receives all the necessary nutrition, oxygen, and life support from the mother through the placenta. Waste products and carbon dioxide from the fetus are sent back through the umbilical cord and placenta to the mother's circulation to be eliminated.

Answer 2

placenta

Step-by-step explanation:

Placenta is an essential organ that develops to connect the unborn baby with the mother womb. The placenta is connected to the fetus through the umbilical cord . All essential nutrients, gases such as oxygen, and other substances are transported from the blood of the mother to the baby via placenta and umbilical cord.

Along with supply of essential substances, the waste products generated by the fetus such as carbon dioxide, waste after food digestion etc. are sent back through the blood vessels of the umbilical cord to the placenta of the mother.