A nurse teaches newly pregnant patients that if an ovum is fertilized and implants in the endometrium, the hormone the fertilized egg begins to secrete is:
1. Estrogen.
2. Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG).
3. Progesterone.
4. Luteinizing hormone.
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Rationale 1: Estrogen and progesterone are ovarian hormones.
Rationale 2: When the ovum is fertilized and implants in the endometrium, the fertilized egg begins to secrete human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) hormone to maintain the corpus luteum.
Rationale 3: Estrogen and progesterone are ovarian hormones.
Rationale 4: Luteinizing hormone is excreted by the anterior pituitary.
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