Q.5. What is placenta? Write any two major functions[Board Term-II, SQ

1.	Q.5. What is placenta? Write any two major functions[Board Term-II, SQP 2016]of placenta
Answer» Placenta - A special tissue embedded in the uterus wall with the help of which human embryo gets nutrition from mother’s blood.Function: To provide large surface area for glucose and oxygen to pass through mother’s blood to the embryo. The metabolic waste generated by embryo is removed through placenta into mother’s blood.

Q.5. What is placenta? Write any two major functions[Board Term-II, SQP 2016]of placenta

Answer»

Placenta - A special tissue embedded in the uterus wall with the help of which human embryo gets nutrition from mother’s blood.Function:

To provide large surface area for glucose and oxygen to pass through mother’s blood to the embryo.

The metabolic waste generated by embryo is removed through placenta into mother’s blood.