placenta

As a noun placenta

is (anatomy) a vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation it supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste it is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord it is expelled after birth.

As a proper noun platypus is

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As a noun placenta

is (anatomy) a vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation it supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste it is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord it is expelled after birth.

As a proper noun mother is

one's mother.

In anatomy|lang=en terms the difference between amnion and placenta

is that amnion is (anatomy) the innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended while placenta is (anatomy) a vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation it supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste it is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord it is expelled after birth.

As nouns the difference between amnion and placenta

is that amnion is (anatomy) the innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended while placenta is (anatomy) a vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation it supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste it is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord it is expelled after birth.

As nouns the difference between ovaries and placenta

is that ovaries is while placenta is (anatomy) a vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation it supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste it is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord it is expelled after birth.

As nouns the difference between fetus and placenta

is that fetus is while placenta is (anatomy) a vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation it supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste it is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord it is expelled after birth.

In botany terms the difference between placenta and funicle

is that placenta is in flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop while funicle is the stalk or stem of an ovule or seed.

As nouns the difference between placenta and funicle

is that placenta is a vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation. It supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste. It is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth while funicle is the stalk or stem of an ovule or seed.

In botany terms the difference between androecium and placenta

is that androecium is the set of a flower's stamens while placenta is in flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.

As a noun placenta is

(anatomy) a vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation it supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste it is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord it is expelled after birth.

As nouns the difference between placentae and placenta

is that placentae is while placenta is (anatomy) a vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation it supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste it is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord it is expelled after birth.