noun
umbilical artery
Medical term for the artery in the umbilical cord.
臍帯動脈は胎児と胎盤を結ぶ血管の一つです。
The umbilical artery is one of the blood vessels connecting the fetus and the placenta.
Umbilical vein, which carries oxygenated blood from the placenta to the fetus, as opposed to the umbilical artery which carries deoxygenated blood away.
Compound of 臍帯 (umbilical cord) and 動脈 (artery).