Human Anatomy (9th Edition)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780134320762
Author: Frederic H. Martini, Robert B. Tallitsch, Judi L. Nath
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 28, Problem 16RFT
During the second trimester, the most significant event that permits the mother to realize that she is carrying a fetus within her body is that
(a) the fetal brain begins to grow greatly.
(b) the fetus begins to move inside the uterus.
(c) eye and ear basic structures form.
(d) articulations between joints appear.
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