Suckling stimulates oxytocin and prolactin secretion.
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Question 2) Estrogen stimulates duct development in the breasts.
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Question 3) A key factor in inflammatory uterine chemical associated with labor is nuclear factor B
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Question 4) As uterine contractions push the fetus against the cervix during parturition, oxytocin release from the posterior pituitary is reflexively increased, which further increases uterine contractions.
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Question 5) Oxytocin is a powerful stimulant of uterine muscle contractility.
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Question 6) Parasympathetic stimulation of the uterine muscle is involved in the process of parturition.
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Question 7) The placenta secretes hCG, which causes the ovaries to maintain cyclic follicular development (ovulations) during pregnancy.
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Question 8) Secretion of progesterone inhibits GnRH secretion.
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Question 9) Blood is exchanged between the mother and fetus across the placenta.
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Question 10) Some of the precursors for secretion of hormones by the placenta come from the fetal adrenal cortex.
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