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XI-57 (5) Slide 105, Umbilical Cord (H&E). The umbilical cord contains two umbilical arteries and one umbilical vein. Shown here in low magnification is an umbilical artery. The surrounding connective tissue is called Wharton's jelly. In your glass slides, the allantoic duct may be seen as well.