Name the structure formed by the villi of the embryo and the uterus of the mother

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Villi:
The tiny, slender vascular extensions that occur on the surface of a membrane are called villi in anatomy.
The placenta is a structure generated by the embryo's villi and the mother's uterus.
During pregnancy, the placenta is a structure that grows in the uterus.
A growing baby gets oxygen and nutrients from this structure. It also cleans the baby's blood of waste materials.
Final answer: The structure formed by the villi of the embryo and the uterus of the mother is the placenta.

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When a fertilised egg E formed in the oviduct of a human female divide repeatedly to form an embryo, the embryo gets implanted in the thick and soft lining of the uterus. After this, a disc-like special tissue T develops between the uterus wall and embryo through which all the requirements of the developing embryo (and foetus) are met from the mother's body. The embryo is connected to the tissue T through a string like structure S.
(a) What is the other name of fertilised egg cell E?
(b) What is the name of tissue T?
(c) Name the string-like structure S.
(d) Name two substances which pass from mother's blood to embryo through tissue T and, one type of substance which passes from embryo to mother's blood.
(e) What happens to S when the baby is born? Why?

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