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In menstrual cycle one ovum is released from either ovaries and the remaining graffian follicle converts into corpus luteum which will secret progesterone for only 7 days but if pregnancy occurs then it secret progesterone for 3 months , in this scenario how the corpus luteum will secret RELAXIN at the parturition at 9 month if it is already died and replaced by placenta?

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Actually it is not corpus luteum that produces relaxin during parturition.
Relaxin is a hormone secreted by the placenta that causes the cervix to dilate and prepares the uterus for the action of oxytocin during labour.

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