(a) IN WHICH PART OF HUMAN FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DO THE FOLLOWING
EVENTS TAKE PLACE.
(i) RELEASE OF FIRST POLAR BODY
(ii) RELEASE OF SECOND POLAR BODY
(iii) FERTILISATION
(iv) IMPLANTATION
(b) NAME TWO HORMONES SECREATED ONLY DURING PREGNANCY.

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Answer :

ANS (a) (i) OVARY
 (ii) FALLOPIAN TUBE
 (iii) AMPULLA-ISTHAMUS JUNCTION OF FALLOPIAN TUBE
 (iv) ENDOMETRIUM LINING OF UTERUS
 (b) HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN AND HUMAN PLACENTAL LACTOGEN

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