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How does a developing embryo get its nourishment inside the mother's body?
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Solution
The placenta allows the exchange of food materials, diffusion of oxygen, excretion of nitrogenous wastes, and elimination of carbon-di-oxide. A cord, containing blood vessels that connect the placenta with the foetus is called the umbilical cord.
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