In human development, cell rearrangement within the ball of cells (morula) leads to a hollow sphere with a "mound" of cells at one pole. This group of cells is called the:

A. mesoderm.
B. blastocyst.
C. neural plate.
D. inner cell mass.
E. gastrula.


D

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