a. Maintenance of the corpus luteum.
b. Increases testosterone secretion by male foetus testes.
c. May increase thyroxine production in pregnant women.
d. Relaxation of pelvic ligaments by increasing the secretion of relaxin by the corpus luteum and placenta.
e. Causes enlargement of the pituitary gland in gravid women.
2. Which of the following is false about human chorionic gonadotropin hormone?
a. Rises to reach a minimum at about 10 to 12 weeks of pregnancy.
b. It can be measured in the blood at about 8 to 9 days after ovulation.
c. It is a glycoprotein hormone
d. It is secreted by the syncytiotrophoblast and placenta.
e. It causes decreased insulin sensitivity and decreased utilization of glucose in pregnant women thereby making larger quantities of glucose available to the foetus and gestational diabetes in the gravid woman
