QuestionSBA
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No, this is not the correct answer. Implantation of the embryo into the upper posterior uterine wall is associated with the greatest chance of a successful pregnancy.
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Anterior uterine wall
QuestionChoice
Yes, this is the correct answer. Implantation of the embryo into the upper posterior uterine wall is associated with the greatest chance of a successful pregnancy.
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Posterior uterine wall
QuestionChoice
No, this is not the correct answer. Implantation in this area will cause an ectopic pregnancy.
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d
Fallopian tube
QuestionChoice
No, this is not the single best answer. Whilst the embryo implants within the stroma deep to the endometrium, the endometrium is lining the entire uterus. The questions is asking for the specific anatomical location of implantation within the uterus.
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Stroma deep to the endometrium
QuestionChoice
No, this is not the correct answer. Implantation in this location is likely to cause placenta praevia.
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b
Lower uterine segement
Concept
Chapter
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Infertility
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Obstetrics
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A 39-year-old woman attends the reproductive clinic. She has been struggling to conceive, and is keen to explore in vitro fertilisation (IVF). This involves the fertilisation of an oocyte in vitro, which grows to become embryo before being implanted inside the uterus.

In which of the following regions of the uterus should an embryo ideally be implanted during IVF?
a