The placenta attaches to the wall of the uterus, and the baby's umbilical cord arises from it. The organ is usually attached to the top, side, front or back of the uterus.

The umbilical cord is a thing of much wonder. And women have used it for everything from food, to jewellery to art (courtesy of Rochelle Humes). But now, it turns out there's something even more ...

The umbilical-cord clamping procedure halts blood flow from the placenta to the infant in preparation for cutting the umbilical cord. During the past century, it became common practice to clamp the ...

Placenta-on-a-chip: a novel platform to study the biology of the human placenta. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine , 2015; 1 DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2015.1038518 Cite This Page : ...