Question

Write the names and sources of hormones regulating the following:

Milk secretion from mammary gland

Answer 1

Hormone :

Progesterone and prolactin

1. Secretions do not produce milk until after a child is born.
2. A mammary gland is an exocrine gland that produces milk to feed newborn offspring in humans and other mammals.
3. The hormones progesterone and prolactin are released during pregnancy.
4. Progesterone blocks the action of prolactin, stopping the mammary glands from producing milk.
5. Small amounts of colostrum, a pre-milk material, are generated during this time.

Source:

Corpus luteum

1. The corpus luteum is a perfectly natural cyst that develops on the ovary every month in women of reproductive age.
2. Throughout each menstrual cycle, a cyst forms inside your ovaries, containing a cluster of cells.
3. It occurs shortly after an egg has been released from your ovary (ovulation).