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Birth hormone.

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(1)Birth hormone or oxytocin helps in parturition.(2)It is a powerful stimulant of contraction of uterine myometrium at the end of gestation due to which the labour is initiated.(3)It also stimulates myoepithelial cells of mammary glands for milk ejection during lactation.(4)It also helps in fertilization by p,owerful contractions of the uterine musculature to drive the sperms upward towards fallopian tubes.(5)Oxytocin also excites musculature of gall bladder,ureters, urinary bladder,intestine,etc,for proper functioning of these organs
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