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How is a fetus able to survive without breathing?

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The placenta: All nutrients and oxygen are carried by the blood, which is filtered through the placenta. Our own lungs take the oxygen out of air and attach it to our red blood cells.

Dr Kuitems agreed

Answered 6/22/2015

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