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O-LevelBiologyTransport in Humans5090/11 · May/June 2010 · Q361 Mark

The diagram shows how the blood of a human embryo flows close to the mother's blood in the placenta. Which substances are present at X in higher concentrations than at Y? [Figure 36.1]

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Acarbon dioxide and glucose
Bcarbon dioxide and urea
Cglucose and oxygen
Dglucose and urea

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B: carbon dioxide and urea

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Transport in Humans, O-Level Biology (syllabus 5090). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Biology, May/June 2010 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 36.

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