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Submitted: 931 days and 13 hours ago.

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Posted by Dr.M.D.Mazumdar, MD 931 days and 13 hours ago.

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An umbilical cord should have 2 veins. A single vein indicates an abnormality in the baby.
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I'm sure that Dr. Mazumdar made a typo, but there are 2 arteries and 1 vein in the umbilical cord.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/980301ap/yetter.html

Here is a microscopic image - the 2 circular objects on the left side are the arteries, and the more oval object on the right/lower portion of the image is the vein
http://www.udel.edu/biology/Wags/histopage/colorpage/cfr/cfruav.GIF

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Hello,An umbilical cord should have 2 veins. A single vein indicates an abnormality in the baby.I hope this helps.Let me know if you need more input. If not, please click on the green"Accept" button on this page. A positive rating and adding a bonus will be warmly appreciated.

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Hello,
An umbilical cord should have 2 veins. A single vein indicates an abnormality in the baby.
I hope this helps.
Let me know if you need more input. If not, please click on the green"Accept" button on this page. A positive rating and adding a bonus will be warmly appreciated.