CAIE IGCSE Biology 16.4.8 Fetus Development Structures Questions

Practise identifying the placenta, umbilical cord, amniotic sac and amniotic fluid and stating their functions.

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Identify the umbilical cord, placenta, amniotic sac and amniotic fluid on diagrams, and state the function of each in fetal development.

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Pregnancy can occur after the fusion of a male gamete and a female gamete.

(a)

Describe the functions of amniotic fluid and the amniotic sac.

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(b)

Fig. 2.2 shows the junction between two neurones with drug X absent and two neurones with drug X present, immediately after a painful stimulus.

Fig. 2.2

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(i)

State the names of A, B, C and D in Fig. 2.2.

A

B

C

D

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