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When the fetus is growing inside the uterus it needs nutrients. What provides these nutrients? (AS1)

a) While the fetus is growing inside the uterus, it receives nutrition from the body of the mother itself through the placenta.

b) The placenta is a tissue formed by the cells of both the mother and the embryo around the 12th week of pregnancy.


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