Question

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
The hormone that promotes milk release from breasts and that stimulates uterus to contract is:

• A. oxytocin
• B. prolactin
• C. thyroxine
• D. relaxin

Answer 1

The correct option is A oxytocin

Oxytocin acts on the smooth muscles of our body and stimulates their contraction. In females, it stimulates a vigorous contraction of the uterus at the time of childbirth, and milk ejection from the mammary gland.

So the correct answer is oxytocin.