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What hormones help a mother produce milk?
oxytocin and prolactin
Is labor possible without oxytocin?
Oxytocin aids in labor.It helps to pull baby out.It contracts muscles and produce waves in womb.
Does the kidney produce melanin and oxytocin?
No, Melanin produced by melanocytes in the basal layer of the epidermis (skin o.O), and the Oxytocin is released by the pituitary gland, to ease birth and more.
What is secreted by the neurosecretory cells in the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland?
The posterior pituitary has neurosecretory tissue. It is activated by impulses from the hypothalamus and release hormones such as oxytocin and ADH.
What effects does oxytocin produce in females?
Oxytosin stimulates flowing of milk.Contracts muscles of womb during delivery of baby.
What hormone does the hpothalamus produce?
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone Gonadotropin-releasing hormone Adrenocorticotropin-releasing hormone Oxytocin Antidiuretic hormone
How is the level of oxytocin controlled by a positive-feedback mechanism?
The oxytocin in blood stimulates the pituitary to secrete more oxytocin.
Do mares produce milk or colostrum if they have never foaled?
Hormone levels can cause mares to lactate and mares can be induced to lactate using domperidone and oxytocin. Generally, the mares do not produce colostrum.
What are the function of oxytocin?
The major functions of oxytocin have to do with smooth muscle contraction.
What hormones is regulated by a neuroendocrine reflex oxytocin cortisol antidiuretic hormone?
oxytocin
What is the oxytocin target?
Oxytocin ejects milk from mamary glads.Muscles of uterus are contracted.
Is oxytocin an anterior pituitary hormone?
Oxytocin is made in the posterior pituitary. Oxytocin prompts the let-down reflex, and stimulates contraction of the uterus during childbirth.
