Q170 / 200 · NEET 2009 (Screening) · Zoology
Foetal ejection reflex in human female is induced by
- Apressure exerted by amniotic fluid
- Brelease of oxytocin from pituitary
- Correct answerCfully developed foetus and placenta
- Ddifferentiation of mammary glands
Solution
Oxytocin (child birth hormone) secreted by neurohypophysis of pituitary gland stimulates contraction of uterius muscles, including labour pain for child birth, when secretion of progesterone hormone declines, making the end of pregnancy. As the sensory impulse of increasing labour pain reaches hypothalamus, more and more oxytocin is released from posterior pituitary under a positive feedback regulation childbirth, it dilates the cervix (vaginal stretching).
Hence, the correct answer is option: 'C'.