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III. Give one word for the following:

A hollow pear shaped muscular organ where embryo develops .


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Explanation :

  1. The uterus is a pear-shaped, hollow, and muscular reproductive organ of females.
  2. It is made up of three layers- endometrium(innermost), myometrium(middle), perimetrium(outermost).
  3. After fertilization, the embryo attaches to the innermost (endometrium) layer of the uterus.
  4. This process is called implantation.
  5. In the uterus, the fetus develops for about nine months during pregnancy.

A hollow pear-shaped muscular organ where the embryo develops is called the uterus.


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