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Placenta acts as an endocrine gland. Explain.

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Placenta produces several hormones like human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), human placental lactogen (hPL), estrogens, progestogens etc. In later stages of pregnancy , a hormone relaxin is also produced by it. Hence calling placenta an endocrine tissue justified
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