Importance of Oxytocin

Q. What is placenta? Is it an exocrine gland? Mention its role during pregnancy. [5 MARKS]

Q. Which of the following statements is true about amniocentesis?

1. Intrauterine diagnosis
2. Chemical analysis of fluid of pregnant woman
   
3. Withdrawal of allantoic fluid from pregnant woman
4. Culturing amniotic cells and study of metaphasic chromosome to identify chromosomal abnormality
   
   

Q.

Fetal ejection reflex In human females Is induced by?

1. Pressure exerted by amniotic fluid

2. Differentiation of mammary glands

3. Fully developed fetus and placenta

4. Release of oxytocin from the pituitary

Q. Signals for parturition originate from

1. Fully developed foetus
2. Placenta
3. Oxytocin released by maternal pituitary
4. Both A and B