What is the placenta?

a. An organ from which the infant receives nourishment
b. A muscular organ within which the infant develops before birth
c. The developing infant from the eighth week after conception until birth
d. The developing infant during its second through eighth week after conception
e. The sac in which the developing infant is contained prior to birth


ANS: A

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