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Main materials transferred from mother to fetus via placenta

Determine the main materials transferred from mother to the fetus via the placenta? And from fetus to mother?

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From the mother to fetus the major transferred substances via the placenta are water, oxygen, nutrients plus antibodies. From fetus to mother, metabolic wastes, as well as carbon dioxide and urea (i.e. nitrogen waste).

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