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A physician orders that an amniocentesis be performed to determine whether a woman’s fetus is genetically...

A physician orders that an amniocentesis be performed to determine whether a woman’s fetus is genetically normal. This procedure will involve

a.

taking a blood sample from the mother.
b.

drawing a sample of the fluid that surrounds a fetus in the uterus.
c.

taking a sample of the placenta between the eighth and eleventh week of pregnancy.
d.

taking a blood sample from the fetus

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The answer is b. drawing a sample of the fluid that surrounds a fetus in the uterus.

The fluid which is present in the amniotic sac is called as amniotic fluid. The main imporatance of this fluid is to protect the baby from shock, excange of the nutrients, water etc between the mother and fetus. This fluid contains the fetal cells, as it contians the fetel cells, for cytogenetic stuides this fluid will be drawn from the amniotic sac, this process is called amniocentesis.

Sydney Mullin answered 2 years ago
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