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2. What causes the attachment of an embryo to the uterus wall?

  • Increased muscle contractions caused by prostaglandins.
  • Secretion of somatotrophin by the anterior pituitary.
  • Chorion secreting enzymes which digest part of endometrium.
  • Progesterone causing embryo to meet with uterus wall.
  • Antigens secrete enzymes which digest part of the uterus wall.

3. What is this process of attachment of an embryo to the uterus wall called?

  • Fertilisation
  • Implantation
  • Cleavage
  • Parturition
  • Differentiation

4. How does an embryo receive food and oxygen before development of the placenta?

  • From muscle tissues.
  • Nutrients passed from the uterus.
  • From thalidomide.
  • From surrounding endometrial cells.
  • By active transport which supplies embryo with glucose.

5. What happens during differentiation?

  • There is a failure in the development of limbs.
  • Maternal antibodies enter the baby
  • Unspecialised cells become altered and adapt specific functions.
  • Number of cells doubles via mitosis.
  • Finger like projections are formed which develop in to placenta.

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Well Done Rachael!  Some hard ones in there!  Mrs J

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