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:

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Once the fertilized egg implants in the endometrium, it begins to secrete human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). This hormone is important for maintaining the early stages of pregnancy and is often used as a pregnancy test indicator. Estrogen, progesterone, and luteinizing hormone also play important roles in pregnancy, but hCG is the hormone secreted by the fertilized egg at the very beginning of pregnancy.

A Nurse Teaches Newly Pregnant Patients That If an Ovum