low-oxygen, nutrient-depleted blood through the umbilical arteries back to the placenta. The umbilical cord develops from and contains remnants of the yolk...

Cord blood (umbilical cord blood) is blood that remains in the placenta and in the attached umbilical cord after childbirth. Cord blood is collected because...

Umbilical cord prolapse is when the umbilical cord comes out of the uterus with or before the presenting part of the baby. The concern with cord prolapse...

Velamentous cord insertion is a complication of pregnancy where the umbilical cord is inserted in the fetal membranes. It is a major cause of antepartum...

Occasionally, there is a single umbilical artery (SUA) (Vasa praevia) present in the umbilical cord, as opposed to the usual two. This is sometimes also...

include the "umbilical cord remnant" or "umbilical tip", which is the often protruding scar left by the detachment of the umbilical cord. This is located...

A cord blood bank is a facility which stores umbilical cord blood for future use. Both private and public cord blood banks have developed in response to...

of 9; beard hair, head hair, Christ's nails. A section of the Holy Umbilical Cord believed to remain from the birth of Christ is currently in the Archbasilica...

nuchal cord is when the umbilical cord becomes wrapped around the fetus's neck. Symptoms present in the baby shortly after birth from a prior nuchal cord may...

short umbilical cord (<30 cm) can affect the fetus in that fetal movements can cause cord compression, constriction, and rupture. A long umbilical cord (>72 cm)...