Question

What happens a few days after fertilization?

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A. The mother has contractions.
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B. The blastocyst forms
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C. The eye develops.
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D. The embryo attaches to the mother

Answer 1

D. The embryo attaches to the mother

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

B. The blastocyst forms

Step-by-step explanation:

Approximately 3 days after fertilization, a 16-cell conceptus reaches the uterus. The cells that had been loosely grouped are now compacted and look more like a solid mass. The name given to this structure is the morula (morula = “little mulberry”). Once inside the uterus, the conceptus floats freely for several more days. It continues to divide, creating a ball of approximately 100 cells, and consuming nutritive endometrial secretions called uterine milk while the uterine lining thickens. The ball of now tightly bound cells starts to secrete fluid and organize themselves around a fluid-filled cavity, the blastocoel. At this developmental stage, the conceptus is referred to as a blastocyst.