Anatomy & Physiology
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ISBN: 9781938168130
Author: Kelly A. Young, James A. Wise, Peter DeSaix, Dean H. Kruse, Brandon Poe, Eddie Johnson, Jody E. Johnson, Oksana Korol, J. Gordon Betts, Mark Womble
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Chapter 20, Problem 25RQ
Blood islands are ________.
- clusters of blood-filtering cells in the placenta
- masses of pluripotent stem cells scattered throughout the fetal hone marrow
- vascular tubes that give rise to the embryonic tubular heart
- masses of developing blood vessels and formed elements scattered throughout the embryonic disc
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