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Statement 1- HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) in early pregnancy stimulates the corpus luteum to produce progesterone. Progesterone helps to maintain pregnancy.

Statement 2- Placenta is the primary source of progesterone and estrogen in the later half of the pregnancy. Placenta helps to neither terminate pregnancy nor decrease the secretion of these two hormones.

 

Option: 1

Statement 1 and statement 2 both are right.
 


Option: 2

Statement 1 is wrong but Statement 2 is right.


Option: 3

Statement 2 is wrong but Statement 1 is right.

 


Option: 4

Both statements are wrong.


Answers (1)

HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) in early pregnancy stimulates the corpus luteum to produce progesterone. Progesterone helps to maintain pregnancy. Placenta is the primary source of progesterone and estrogen in the later half of the pregnancy. Placenta helps to neither terminate pregnancy nor decrease the secretion of these two hormones.

Hence, the correct answer is option 1.

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