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What hormone is given to pregnant women to stimulate her uterus to contract and begin labor?
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B oxytocin
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An agent that stimulate the uterus to contract is?
Oxytocin.
Does the hormone Oxycontin stimulate strong contractions of the uterus?
Oxytocin is a hormone that does so. Oxycontin is the brand name of a pain killer.
What causes muscles of the uterus to contract during childbirth?
Oxitosin is the hormone. It is secreted by pituitary.
Why is my uterus wall thin at 4 weeks pregnant?
This can be caused by insufficient hormone levels.
The endometrial lining of the uterus remains in place during pregnancy in large measure because of the?
The inside of the uterus is lined with the "endometrium" which is shed every month if you are not pregnant. Once you get pregnant that lining changes to the "decidua" which stays in place because of the hormone progesterone and hCG the pregnancy hormone during pregnancy.
What do they test for in pregnant women's urine?
They are testing for Hcg, a human growth hormone that only occurs when an egg is implanted in the uterus and begins growing.
Which hormone is most likely responsible for preparing the uterus for pregnancy?
The hormone progesterone in the corpus luteum will prepare the uterus for pregnancy.
What are the hormones that are delivered to the lining of the uterus?
hormone that maintains the lining of the uterus?
What hormone prevents uterus from initiating labor before the designated delivery time?
The hormone levels are one factor. Estrogen increases contractility of the uterus while progesterone inhibits it. Throughout pregnancy, progesterone levels are high, but just before labor, they fall relative to estrogen levels and contractions start. Another hormone called oxytocin also induces labor. The number of oxytocin receptors increases as pregnancy progresses, and hormone levels rise at labor causing the uterus to contract and begin labor. The uterus also has stretch receptors and will not start contracting unless stretched to a certain degree.
What hormone is most responsible for preparing the uterus for pregnancy?
Name of this hormone is estrogen.
Is progesterone the hormone that maintains the lining of the uterus?
no
What is the contraction of a uterus?
Uterine contractions occur when a pregnant woman goes into labor. The purpose is to dilate the cervix and to push the baby into the vagina, out of the uterus, during birth. The uterus continues to contract after expelling the baby and placenta to clamp down on any bleeding (prevent hemorrhage) and shrink the uterus.
