Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Give a scientific term for the following:
An act of expelling the full-term foetus from mother’s uterus at the end of gestation.
Solution
Parturition
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
What is parturition? Which hormones are involved in induction of parturition?
State from where do the signals for parturition originate in human females.
Colostrum is rich in ____________.
The signals for parturition originate from ______.
In human adult females oxytocin ______.
Delivery of developed fetus is scientifically called ______.
Oxytocin, necessary for parturition, is secreted by the fully-developed foetus and the placenta.
Assertion: Parturition is induced by complex neuroendocrine mechanisms.
Reason: At the end of the gestation period, the maternal pituitary releases prolactin which causes uterine contractions.
Paturition is induced by a complex
Which of the following secretes the hormone, relaxin, during the later phase of pregnancy?
