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Title: How does a zygote respire and metabolize before implantation?
Post by: Goat720 on Jul 1, 2022
Our cells respire and metabolize with the help of blood yes? How does a zygote respire and metabolize before implantation?


Title: Re: How does a zygote respire and metabolize before implantation?
Post by: bio_man on Jul 1, 2022
In order for a zygote to grow within a human, it needs to be implanted somewhere along the uterus wall. The implantation allows it to extract nutrients and oxygen from the host.

Does that help?


Title: Re: How does a zygote respire and metabolize before implantation?
Post by: Goat720 on Jul 2, 2022
But isn't it dividing as it's making its way down the fallopian tube? I figured it would need oxygen and nutrients to do this.


Title: Re: How does a zygote respire and metabolize before implantation?
Post by: bio_man on Jul 3, 2022
But isn't it dividing as it's making its way down the fallopian tube?

The fallopian tube isn't a closed system though :-\