The placenta is required for all of the following functions except:

A. delivery of oxygen from the mother to the fetus.
B. delivery of nutrients from the mother to the fetus.
C. delivery of nutrients from the fetus to the mother
D. delivery of waste from the fetus to the mother.


C

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