KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-4

  • question_answer
    Hormones secreted by the placenta to maintain pregnancy are:

    A) hCG, hPL, progestogens, estrogens

    B) hCG, hPL, estrogens, relaxin, oxytocin

    C) hCG, hPL, progestogens, prolactin

    D) hCG, progestogens, estrogens, glucocorticoids

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Placenta releases human chorionic gonadotropic hormone (hCG) which stimulates the Corpus lute- during pregnancy to release estrogen and progesterc: and also rescues corpus luteum from regression. Hum. placental lactogen (hPL) is involved in growth of body mother and breast. Progesterone maintains pregnancy, keeps the uterus silent by increasing uterine threshold to contractile stimuli.


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