Multiple choice

The hormone that controls child birth and milk release from mammary glands is produced by _____.

  1. anterior lobe of the pituitary

  2. thyroid

  3. thymus

  4. posterior lobe of pituitary
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Explanation

Oxytocin, the hormone responsible for uterine contractions during childbirth and milk ejection during breastfeeding, is synthesized in the hypothalamus and stored and released by the posterior pituitary gland. The anterior pituitary produces different hormones like growth hormone and prolactin.

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