What percentage of blastocysts fail to implant in the uterine wall?
ALess than 5 percent
B50 to 75 percent
CAbout 20 percent
DNearly 100 percent
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. 50 to 75 percent
1. Implantation requires the endometrium to be properly developed and receptive to the blastocyst.
2. If the endometrium is not ready, the blastocyst detaches, and often does not find a suitable spot at all.
3. The failure rate for implantation directly.
4. Less than 5 percent and About 20 percent are both different figures a reader might guess from memory, but neither matches the specific figure given here.
5. Nearly 100 percent is also incorrect for the same reason: it does not match the specific figure given here.
6. That rate is 50 to 75 percent, which is why pregnancy often requires several ovulation cycles to achieve.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 28 "Development and Inheritance", p.1327 §Implantation_
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