Page 207 - The Miracle in the Cell Membrane

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

of age, the fetus's own cir cu la to ry sys tem has devel oped.
However, it still depends on its moth er's blood stream to
receive oxy gen and nutri ents and to expel car bon diox ide
and waste pro ducts. The exchange that takes place
between their two cir cu la to ry sys tems must occur with -
out the two blood sup plies becom ing inter mixed up, or
the results could be fatal.
The pla cen ta flaw less ly sep a rates the cir cu la to ry sys -
tems of moth er and fetus. Gasses, food stuffs and wast es
are exchanged between the moth er's and the fetus's
blood. However, these phys i cal bar ri ers—sep a rate cir cu -
la to ry sys tems and amni ot ic fluid—are not suf fi cient by
them selves for the baby's sur viv al. 61
Examined more close ly, the pla cen ta is seen to con -
sist of tro pho blast cells, which com prise this wall, a bar -
ri er spe cial ly cre at ed for the blood. The embryo is close -
ly con nect ed to the moth er's tis sues. On the one hand,
the embryo is nour ished by sub stan ces in the blood
arriv ing from its moth er, and on the other, it is under
threat from the moth er's defense cells. That is because
the moth er's body regards the embryo as a for eign body
that might be an enemy. Therefore, it is vital that the
defen sive cells in the moth er's blood should not reach
the embryo. However, the pla cen ta pos sess es a spe cial
Cre a tion that pre vents the cells in the moth er's blood
reach ing the fetus. Oxygen, food stuffs and min er als
from the moth er's blood pass through these small gaps
to reach the embryo. Defense cells, being larg er, can not
pass through this bar ri er.

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