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Which hormone maintains progesterone and estrogen secretion by the corpus luteum through the first trimester of pregnancy?

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Important Questions on Human Reproduction

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Morphogenetic movements take place predominantly during the following embryonic stage:
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Match the following:

  List I   List II
A Totipotent cell I Haemopoietic stem cells
B Pluripotent cell II Muscle stem cell
C Multipotent cell III 8 cell stage blastocyst
D Unipotent cell IV Inner cell mass
    V Mast cell
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Describe pregnancy and embryonic development.
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Placenta of human being is
(I) Yolk sac placenta
(II) Chorioallantoic placenta
(III) Zonary placenta
(IV) Discoidal placenta
(V) Haemochorial placenta
(VI) Indeciduate placenta
(VII) Deciduate placenta
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Which of the following secretes the hormone, relaxin, during the later phase of pregnancy?
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Assertion (A): During the formation of placenta, some layers of uterus are eroded and during parturition, extensive haemorrhage occurs
Reason (R): Placenta of man is described as haemo endothelial placenta
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The substance that helps in relaxing the muscles and ligaments of pelvic organs during parturition:
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Write the differences between blastula and morula.

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Match the following columns and select the correct option:-

Column-I Column-II
(a) Ovary (i) Human chorionic gonadotropin
(b) Placenta (ii) Estrogen & Progesterone
(c) Corpus luteum (iii) Androgens
(d) Leydig cells (iv) Progesterone only
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The embryo with 8 to 16 blastomeres is called a:
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Which ONE of the following statements is CORRECT about placenta?
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Several hormones like hCG, hPL, estrogen, progesterone are produced by
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List the three hormones produced in women only during pregnancy. What happens to the levels of oestrogen and progesterone during pregnancy?
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From an early amphibian embryo the cells that would give rise to skin in adults were transplanted into the developing brain region of another embryo. The transplanted cells developed into brain tissue in the recipient embryo. What do you infer from this experiment?
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Describe the formation of the placenta during the pregnancy.
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Name any one hormone released by placenta during pregnancy.
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Hormones secreted by the placenta to maintain pregnancy are
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In human beings, at the end of 12 weeks (first trimester) of pregnancy, the following is observed:
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Select the correct option describing gonadotropin activity in a normal pregnant female: