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Oxytocin mainly helps in

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Milk ejection
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Child birth
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Gametogenesis
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Both A and B
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The correct option is D Both A and B
Oxytocin stimulates uterine contraction during childbirth. It also stimulates the production of prostaglandins which increases the muscle contractions even more during childbirth. It is also responsible for the ejection of milk from the breast during suckling.

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