# Deutsche Welle - Explaining The Human Body (English) - The Placenta When a New Organ Grows in the Body

In pregnancy, the placenta provides the fetus with nutrients and oxygen through to childbirth. How does this organ work?

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2023
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: Deutsche Welle (DW)
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deutsche_Welle_-_Explaining_The_Human_Body_(English)_-_The_Placenta_When_a_New_Organ_Grows_in_the_Body.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Deutsche Welle (DW)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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