What Do You Know About Lactation?
10 Questions
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Lactation is the process that involves the secretion and feeding of the offspring with milk from the mammary glands of the mother. It is a vital process that ensures survival of lines.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
Which of the following hormones is important in lactation?- A.
Aldosterone
- B.
Growth hormone
- C.
Calcitonin
- D.
Oxytocin
- 2.
Which of the following doesn't lactate?
- A.
Platypus
- B.
Hen
- C.
Man
- D.
Dogs
- 3.
In humans, the process of lactation is usually initiated in pregnancy at the
- A.
18th week
- B.
20th week
- C.
14th week
- D.
15th week
- 4.
Which of the following hormones is not vital in lactation?
- A.
Oxytocin
- B.
Prolactin
- C.
Progesterone
- D.
Testosterone
- 5.
Colostrum contain the following substances except
- A.
Antibodies
- B.
Immunoglobulin A
- C.
Minerals
- D.
Proteolytic enzymes
- 6.
The following are immune components present in colostrum except
- A.
Lactoferrin
- B.
Lactoperoxidase
- C.
Complement
- D.
Hyaluronidase
- 7.
The autocrine control of lactation is called
- A.
Galactopoiesis
- B.
Pumping
- C.
Milk ejection reflex
- D.
Lactation control
- 8.
What part of the brain is stimulated when a baby begins to suck?
- A.
Supraoptic nucleus
- B.
Ventromedullary nucleus
- C.
Red nucleus
- D.
Paraventricular nuclei
- 9.
Which of these hormones stimulates growth and differentiation of the alveoli?
- A.
Prolactin
- B.
Estrogen
- C.
Progesterone
- D.
Growth hormone
- 10.
Concerning milk ejection mechanism which of these is odd?
- A.
Spinothalamic tract
- B.
Posterolateral tract
- C.
Anterior white commisure
- D.
Broca's area
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