Single umbilical artery

The umbilical cord usually contains two arteries and one vein. The vein carries the oxygenated blood from the placenta to the fetus. The arteries carry the deoxygenated blood and the waste products from the fetus to the placenta. Occasionally, primary agenesis or secondary atrophy of one of the arte...

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Main Authors: Shanthi Ramesh, Sangeetha Hariprasath, Gunasekaran Anandan, P John Solomon, V Vijayakumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2015;volume=7;issue=5;spage=83;epage=84;aulast=Ramesh
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author Shanthi Ramesh
Sangeetha Hariprasath
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P John Solomon
V Vijayakumar
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description The umbilical cord usually contains two arteries and one vein. The vein carries the oxygenated blood from the placenta to the fetus. The arteries carry the deoxygenated blood and the waste products from the fetus to the placenta. Occasionally, primary agenesis or secondary atrophy of one of the arteries occurs resulting in single umbilical artery.
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spelling doaj.art-a094e38f9a9941d3930eda474e503be32022-12-21T19:11:44ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences0975-74060976-48792015-01-0175838410.4103/0975-7406.155815Single umbilical arteryShanthi RameshSangeetha HariprasathGunasekaran AnandanP John SolomonV VijayakumarThe umbilical cord usually contains two arteries and one vein. The vein carries the oxygenated blood from the placenta to the fetus. The arteries carry the deoxygenated blood and the waste products from the fetus to the placenta. Occasionally, primary agenesis or secondary atrophy of one of the arteries occurs resulting in single umbilical artery.http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2015;volume=7;issue=5;spage=83;epage=84;aulast=RameshCongenital anomaliessingle umbilical arterytwo vessel umbilical cord
spellingShingle Shanthi Ramesh
Sangeetha Hariprasath
Gunasekaran Anandan
P John Solomon
V Vijayakumar
Single umbilical artery
Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
Congenital anomalies
single umbilical artery
two vessel umbilical cord
title Single umbilical artery
title_full Single umbilical artery
title_fullStr Single umbilical artery
title_full_unstemmed Single umbilical artery
title_short Single umbilical artery
title_sort single umbilical artery
topic Congenital anomalies
single umbilical artery
two vessel umbilical cord
url http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2015;volume=7;issue=5;spage=83;epage=84;aulast=Ramesh
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