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rosent76

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An ancient test for pregnancy more than three thousand years ago was mixing the woman's urine with barley seed to see if the barley____.
 
  a. grew longer
  b. grew shorter
  c. grew faster
  d. grew slower

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What is the function of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)?
 
  a. It facilitates the fusion of the sperm's and egg's nuclei.
  b. It facilitates the sperm's ability to locate the egg.
  c. It maintains the corpus luteum's production of progesterone.
  d. It acts as a receptor in the uterine lining for the fertilized egg to bind.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 18, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C


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Reply #2 on: Jun 18, 2018
Thank you


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