Placenta

Many cultures have specific rituals and beliefs regarding the disposal of the placenta.

Several companies currently produce cosmetic products containing extracts of animal placenta.

A developing embryo connects to the placenta via the umbilical cord.

The role of the placenta is to nourish the foetus.

What complications can affect the placenta?

Early removal of the placenta is very dangerous.

A fetus is a parasite, and if it weren't for the placenta protecting it, the mother's body would treat it as such.

There's a Hong Kong film about eating placenta.

Both studies looked at how the virus is transmitted from mother to child through the placenta, an organ that nourishes the fetus before the baby is born.