Assertion: placenta | /r/CapableOf | produce estrogen
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text: The placenta produces several important hormones, including estrogen, progesterone, placental growth hormone and placental lactogen.
text: The placenta supplies oxygen and nutrients to the fetus, excretes waste products, and produces and secretes estrogens and progesterone.
text: The placenta also produces the progesterone and estrogens that continue to sustain the pregnancy, and secretes a chemical that makes the fetus invisible to the mother's immune system.
text: Placenta (plah-SEN-tah): Temporary organ that provides nutrients and oxygen to a developing fetus, carries away wastes, and produces hormones such as estrogens and progesterone.