What is the main function of the placenta?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. To exchange nutrients, oxygen and wastes between mother and fetus
- Step 1: Substances diffuse across the placenta while maternal and fetal blood stay separate.
Answer
To exchange nutrients, oxygen and wastes between mother and fetus.
Why not the others: Maternal and fetal blood do not mix.
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