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Question
Given below is the name of certain stage/substance related to reproduction and found in human body. Answer the questions related to it.
Foetus.
- Where is it contained?
- How does it differ from embryo?
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Solution
- The foetus is contained in the uterus.
- Embryo: a growing egg after fertilisation until the main parts of the body and the internal organs have started to take shape.
Foetus: When embryo starts having a look of a baby (from 7 weeks of gestation and onwards).
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