Labels:daily OCR: UMBILICAL CORD HE UMBILICAL CORD is a rope-like structure that connects an unborn baby to an organ called the placenta which is attached to the mother's uterus At the time of birth. the umbilical p10o IS 53 cm (21 inches) long contains vein which carries blood rich in oxygen and nutrients from the mother to her growing baby It also contains two arteries, which carry wastes, like carbon dioxide away from the baby and back the mother The mother's arteries, in contrast transport oxygen rich blood, and her veins transport blood low in oxygen UMBILICAI grow
