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Which role does the placenta have in embryo growth and development?

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Correct Answer:

Providing of nutrients and oxygen

Rationale:

✓ The key concept is that the placenta functions as the embryo’s lifeline, supplying nutrients and oxygen essential for growth and survival.

✓ It acts as an exchange interface between maternal and fetal blood without mixing the two directly.

✓ Waste products such as carbon dioxide also pass from the fetus to the mother through the placenta.

✓ The placenta also produces hormones like hCG, progesterone, and estrogen, which support pregnancy.

✓ Its main role is the provision of oxygen and nutrients, not digestion, perception, or electrical transmission.

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