Growing fetus derives nutrition from mother’s blood through

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Correct answer: (c) placenta.

Placenta is a physiological connection between an embryo and the uterine wall of the mother through which nutrients and other useful substances enter into the fetus from the mother's blood and the waste products like urea and carbon dioxide are expelled into mother’s blood from fetus.

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