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Name process/term for the following statements:

The hormone of the pituitary gland that helps in childbirth.


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Oxytocin:

  1. Oxytocin is the hormone of posterior pituitary.
  2. It is produced by the hypothalamus, stored and secreted by the posterior pituitary.
  3. It helps in contraction of uterus during child birth and stimulates mammary gland for milk ejection


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