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cnetterville

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on: Jun 25, 2018

Name four hormones that the placenta synthesizes.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

__________ is the formation of a blood clot within the vascular system.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

spencer.martell

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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The placenta synthesizes two steroid hormones, estrogen and progesterone, and two protein hormones, human placental lactogen (HPL) and human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG).

Answer to Question 2

thrombosis

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