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Can infections be pass through breast milk?
Breast milk is a secretion and you do not get the infection through the breast milk. Though this can happen rarely. As anything is possible in biology.
What hormone stimulates and maintains milk production after childbirth?
Oxytocin is the lactogenic hormone that stimulates and maintains the secretion of breast milk after childbirth.
The first mammary secretion is called?
Colostrum is the name for the first secretion from a new mothers mammary gland. It is chocked full of antibodies and other things that the newborn needs to increase it's chances of survival.
Is acth secretion regulated by a hypothalamic secretion?
ACTH secretion or release is elicited by hypothalmic CRH (Corticotropin-releasing hormone.)
Is Oxytocin is secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary?
Oxytocin is secreted by the posterior pituitary and is peptide/water-soluble. It stimulates contractions during childbirth and milk secretion during nursing.
Which hormone stimulates the secretion of milk?
prolactin
What is the name of the hormone that regulates milk secretion?
Oxytocin.
Does estrogen aid in milk secretion?
Of course it does. It helps to develop milk secreting glands.
What is the female breast are responsible for the production and secretion milk?
alveoli
What is galactorrhea?
the secretion of breast milk in men, or in women who are not breastfeeding an infant.
Milk production is an example of what type of secretion?
In mammals, it's called lactation.
Can infections be pass through breast milk?
Breast milk is a secretion and you do not get the infection through the breast milk. Though this can happen rarely. As anything is possible in biology.
What hormone stimulates and maintains milk production after childbirth?
Oxytocin is the lactogenic hormone that stimulates and maintains the secretion of breast milk after childbirth.
What causes milk secretion in a women?
it helps baby to grow up and be strong when he/she will grow up......
What do these pituitary hormones do to your body?
Promote growth control of protein, lipid and carbohydrate metabolism Stimulate secretion of thyroid hormones Stimulate secretion of glucocorticoids Have Milk production Control of reproductive function Conservation of body water Stimulates milk ejection and uterine contractions.
Is secretion of milk from the breast during the week 24 mark on premature birth?
No, not at all. You are leaking colostrum.
Secretion of cell products like milk proteins and mucus from glandular cells?
Microfilaments
