Umbilical vessels

Umbilical vessels can refer to:

  • Umbilical artery, one of a pair of blood vessels that supply deoxygenated blood from within the fetus to the placenta
  • Umbilical vein, a blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the placenta into the fetus
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