The nursing instructor is talking with her class of students about the female reproductive system. A student is trying to understand the role of progesterone in the body. What nonreproductive affect does progesterone have on the body?
A) Decreased body temperature
B) Decreased appetite
C) Anti-insulin
D) Increased uterine motility
C
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Progesterone has an anti-insulin effect to generate a higher blood glucose concentration to allow for rapid diffusion of glucose to the developing embryo. Body temperature and appetite are increased by progesterone. Uterine motility is decreased to provide increased chance that implantation can occur.
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