What special feature of the ovum is facilitated by the production of polar bodies? 

A. large size of the cell
B. extra layers of plasma membrane
C. triploidy
D. large size of the nucleus


A. large size of the cell

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A) It lands in the respiratory bronchiole, where it is coughed out B) It lands in the mucociliary ladder, where type II macrophages phagocytize it. C) It lands in the mucociliary ladder, where it is moved to the trachea to be exhaled. D) It lands in the bronchi, where it is absorbed. E) It is inhaled and then exhaled.

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