MCQ
Placenta acts like a
- ✓Semipermeable membrane
- BFully permeable membrane
- CImpermeable membrane
- DNone of the above
✓
Answer
Correct option: A.
Semipermeable membrane
a
(a)Placenta is the special semipermeable structure through which the exchange of materials between foetal and maternal circulation occurs.
(a)Placenta is the special semipermeable structure through which the exchange of materials between foetal and maternal circulation occurs.
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