臍さい動どう脈みゃく

noun

umbilical artery

Medical/anatomical term for the paired arteries that carry deoxygenated blood from the fetus to the placenta.

• 臍さい動どう脈みゃくは胎たい児じと胎たい盤ばんをつなぐ血けっ管かんの一ひとつです。

  The umbilical artery is one of the blood vessels connecting the fetus and the placenta.