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Why would an embryo be more susceptible than a fetus to damage by toxins?
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∙ 6y ago
The embryo is connected to the umbilical cord to the mother. The baby feeds on what its mother eats. Absorbs the nutrients and oxygen it needs. Drugs and other harmful substances will affect the embryo's development and it could possibly cause low birth weight, early birth. Also it will cause the embryo now a fetus have problems receiving oxygen and nutrients from its mother.
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∙ 8y ago
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoAt two weeks old the embryo develops the placenta so drugs can enter the cells of the baby through the mothers blood stream. Between two to seven weeks the organs of the embryo are developing and are most vulnerable.
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How is embryo differnet from a fetus?
Fetus is name given to human embryo after it is recognizable as human embryo .
What is the embryo called after 8 weeks?
For the first 8 weeks the developing human is called an embryo after that it is called a fetus.
What is different between embryo and fetus?
An Embryo is a stage before Fetus, the Fetus is more developed than an Embryo, the stage of Birth and a baby being more developed than a fetus.
What comes first the embryo or the fetus?
Embryo
What comes first embryo or fetus?
The embryo lasts until about week 10 or 11 and then it is known as a fetus.
What is after the embryo?
The fetus
What is the order of development in which these go - fetus - fertilized egg - embryo?
fertilized egg,embryo, and fetus
What is difference a ovu zygote embryo fetus?
There really isn't much difference between a zygote, embryo, and fetus. A zygote forms after fertilization and becomes an embryo, which later becomes a fetus.
What is the relationship between fetus and embryo?
The embryo is the first stage of a baby's life then after 12 weeks it is called a fetus.
An embryo during the late stages of development-?
An embryo during the late stages of development is known as a fetus.
Toxins can enter the fetus by?
blood flow from the mother to the fetus
What is the developing embryo called after the first 2 months?
After the 8th week, the embryo is called a fetus.
