Assertion: placenta | /r/HasProperty | major endocrine organ
Facets:
value: at term
type: TEMPORAL
value: beyond 12 weeks
type: TEMPORAL
value: definitively
type: DEGREE
value: during pregnancy
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In addition to its role in transporting molecules between mother and fetus, the placenta is a major endocrine organ.
text: The placenta is the main source of progesterone during pregnancy.
text: Beyond 12 weeks, the placenta is definitively the major source of progesterone.
text: During the third trimester the placenta also uses fetal D5-sulfoconjugated precursors to secrete increasing amounts of 17a-hydroxyprogesterone, and the placenta is the major source of this hormone at term.