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Slideshow: Clinical Highlights

The Hands and Umbilical Cord

#157, Slide 31 of 58

9 weeks

From The Biology of Prenatal Development.Buy Now

Note:

The hands often touch the pulsating umbilical cord.

Label Key:

1. palmar surface of the left hand
2. right hand
3. epithelial plug in right nostril
4. umbilical cord
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