Select the Correct Statement Summarizing the Oxytocin-Driven Breast-Feeding Process

question 9

Multiple Choice

Select the correct statement summarizing the oxytocin-driven breast-feeding process.

• A) Oxytocin is released and travels directly to the mammary glands, where it forces the ejection of the stored milk.
• B) Release of oxytocin stimulates the sensory nerve endings in the breast nipple, which in turn causes the breast milk stored in the ducts to be ejected.
• C) Stimulation of the sensory nerve endings in the breast nipple when the baby suckles travel through the mother's spinal cord and brain to the posterior pituitary, where oxytocin is released and travels in the blood to the mammary glands, where milk is ejected.
• D) None of these are correct.

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