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JIPMER 2013
Exam
JIPMER
Year
2013
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Human Reproduction

JIPMER 2013 · Zoology · Human Reproduction

Hormone responsible for the secretion of milk after parturition is

Hormone responsible for the secretion of milk after parturition is

Options

  1. AACTH
  2. BLH
  3. CICSH
  4. DProcalin

Correct answer

D. Procalin

Step-by-step solution

Prolactin or luteotrophic hormone or luteotrophin is a hormone, synthesised and stored in the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates milk production after child birth and also stimulates production of progesterone by the corpus luteum in the ovary.
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