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Flashcards in Zygote - Embryo - Foetus Deck (5)
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1
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Egg and sperm fuse to form a single

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Zygote

2
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Cell division occurs and growth

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Embryo …..

3
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Embryo which attaches to the lining of the uterus (implantation) grows more and after 8 weeks looks like a human

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Foetus

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Umbilical cord

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A tube called the unbiblical cord joins the embryo to the placenta.

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Placenta

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The placenta is rich in blood vessels, it is here at the placenta that food and oxygen from the mothers blood pass into the baby’s blood, also wastes such as Carbon dioxide pass from the baby’s blood into the mothers.