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  2. Umbilical cord - Wikipedia

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    The length of the umbilical cord is approximately equal to the crown-rump length of the fetus throughout pregnancy. The umbilical cord in a full term neonate is usually about 50 centimeters (20 in) long and about 2 centimeters (0.75 in) in diameter. This diameter decreases rapidly within the placenta.

  3. Crown-rump length - Wikipedia

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    Early in pregnancy gestational age 8 weeks, it is accurate within about +/- 5 days but later in pregnancy due to different growth rates, the accuracy is less. In that situation, other parameters can be used in addition to CRL. The length of the umbilical cord is approximately equal to the CRL throughout pregnancy.

  4. Velamentous cord insertion - Wikipedia

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    Velamentous cord insertion; Other names: Velamentous Placenta: Normal umbilical cord insertion and velamentous umbilical cord insertion in pregnancy, with and without vasa previa. Specialty: Obstetrics Symptoms: Blood vessel compression, [1] [2] decrease in blood supply to the fetus, [2] [3] impaired growth and development of the fetus. [4] [5 ...

  5. Placenta - Wikipedia

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    It has a dark reddish-blue or crimson color. It connects to the fetus by an umbilical cord of approximately 55–60 cm (22–24 inch) in length, which contains two umbilical arteries and one umbilical vein. [12] The umbilical cord inserts into the chorionic plate (has an eccentric attachment). Vessels branch out over the surface of the placenta ...

  6. Pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    The umbilical cord is the connecting cord from the embryo or fetus to the placenta. ... can expand up to 20 times its normal size during pregnancy.

  7. A week-by-week guide to common pregnancy symptoms - AOL

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    Your little one: Your baby, now one-third of an inch long, is starting to have more definition in the face as well as a visible umbilical cord. Pregnancy Symptoms Week 8 TODAY Illustration/Getty ...

  8. Childbirth - Wikipedia

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    One example of this is the belief in the Chillihuani that if a knife or scissors are used for cutting the umbilical cord, it will cause for the child to go through clothes very quickly. To prevent this, a jagged ceramic tile is used to cut the umbilical cord. [191]

  9. Deferred umbilical cord clamping reduces premature baby ... - AOL

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    In a subgroup of premature babies born before 32 weeks of pregnancy, 44.9% (449/1001) with immediate cord clamping experienced hypothermia after birth, compared to 51.2% (509/994) of those with ...