Crossword clues for umbilical cord
umbilical cord
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Navel-string \Na"vel-string`\, n. The umbilical cord.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context anatomy English) The flexible structure connecting a foetus with the placenta; which transports nourishment to the foetus and removes waste. 2 (''aerospace'') The line that supplies an astronaut with oxygen and communications when outside a spacecraft 3 (''aerospace'') any of the various lines connecting a rocket to its launch pad before liftoff 4 (''figurative'') Over-dependence on or over-attachment to one's parents or guardians.
WordNet
n. membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
Wikipedia
In placental mammals, the umbilical cord (also called the navel string, birth cord or funiculus umbilicalis) is a conduit between the developing embryo or fetus and the placenta. During prenatal development, the umbilical cord is physiologically and genetically part of the fetus and, (in humans), normally contains two arteries (the umbilical arteries) and one vein (the umbilical vein), buried within Wharton's jelly. The umbilical vein supplies the fetus with oxygenated, nutrient-rich blood from the placenta. Conversely, the fetal heart pumps deoxygenated, nutrient-depleted blood through the umbilical arteries back to the placenta.
Usage examples of "umbilical cord".
In color it was the same sickly yellow as the umbilical cord that had been attached to Theresa.
He climbed out and teetered on the lip of the hatch, coiling the umbilical cord attached to his suit.
This was an unattractive fleshy mass like a thick, veined pancake with the umbilical cord attached to its middle.
Pressing down gently but firmly on Sarah's tummy with one hand, she proceeds to tug carefully on the umbilical cord and, waiting for the next contraction, she allows the placenta to slide out.
It was trying to plunge the end of its severed umbilical cord into Hawk's neck, but he'd given up his hold on the demon's body to grab the unbilical's snapping end with both hands.
There were still ten meters of stern line, of white nylon umbilical cord, coiled by a cleat on the main deck.
Can weakness be inherited in the genes or passed like poison through the umbilical cord?
It seemed improbable that she should remember the feel of her own umbilical cord being wrapped around her neck at birth, that she could recall the murderous look on her mother's face as she prepared to kill her evil-omened twins.
When the women did not react, he took hold of his umbilical cord in both hands and kinked it tightly, cutting off the blood supply to his body.
Gently hefting the symbiont in his left hand, he touched the tip of the compact, gleaming cylinder to a point about six centimeters down the length of the umbilical cord.
After much study I concluded that these were actually the ends of bindings between the worldsa sort of umbilical cord.