NEET2009ZoologyHuman ReproductionActual
Foetal ejection reflex in human female is induced by
Options
- Apressure exerted by amniotic fluid
- Brelease of oxytocin from pituitary
- Cfully developed foetus and placenta
- Ddifferentiation of mammary glands
Correct answer
C. fully developed foetus and placenta
Step-by-step 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).