- Assertion is true, but reason is false.
Explanation:
Placenta may be defined as the connection between the fetal membranes (amnion and chorion) and the uterine wall (decidua basal is, the portion of the decidua which is directly adjacent to conceptus at the implantation site) for physiological exchange between the fetus and the mother's blood.
In mammals, the fetal components of the placenta derive initially from trophoblast, connected with embryonic blood stream, through its contact with yolk sac. Placenta also acts as a major endocrine organs as it secretes hormones such as estrogen, progesterone and hCG that are essential for maintaining a maternal physiological condition appropriate for continued development of the conceptus.