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umbilical cord

conduit between embryo/fetus and the placenta
AnatomicalStructure anatomical_structure Q172563
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Summary

umbilical cord is an anatomical structure[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of anatomical structure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,664 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: biomedical waste[3], class of anatomical entity[4]
  • Subclass of: particular anatomical entity[5]
  • Commons category: Umbilical cord[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Umbilical cord[7]
  • Commons gallery: Umbilical cord[8]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • Native label: funiculus umbilicalis[12]
  • Arterial supply: umbilical artery[13]
  • Venous drainage: umbilical vein[14]
  • Substrate of: stem cell[15]

Why It Matters

umbilical cord has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . sciencesetavenir.fr. Retrieved . sciencesetavenir.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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