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How secretion of milk take place in female?explain it briefly

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Answered by raunaque
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It Secreted by mammary gland
Answered by aranyaak99
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Lactation describes the secretion of milk  from the mammary glands and the period of time that a mother  lactates to feed her young. The process can occur with all post-pregnancyfemale mammals, although it predates mammals. In humans the process of feeding milk is also called breastfeeding  or nursing.

Galactopoiesis is the maintenance of milk production. This stage requires prolactin. Oxytocin  is critical for the milk let-down reflexin response to sucking.

Hormonal influences

From the eighteenth week of pregnancy  (the second and third trimesters), a woman's body produces hormones  that stimulate the growth of the milk duct system in the breasts:

Progesterone  influences the growth in size of alveoli  and lobes; high levels of progesterone inhibit lactation before birth. Progesterone levels drop after birth; this triggers the onset of copious milk production. Estrogen  stimulates the milk duct system to grow and differentiate. Like progesterone, high levels of estrogen also inhibit lactation. Estrogen levels also drop at delivery and remain low for the first several months of breastfeeding. Breastfeeding mothers should avoid estrogen-based birth control methods, as a spike in estrogen levels may reduce a mother's milk supply.Prolactin  contributes to the increased growth and differentiation of the alveoli, and also influences differentiation of ductal structures. High levels of prolactin during pregnancy and breastfeeding also increase insulin resistance, increase growth factor levels (IGF-1) and modify lipid metabolism in preparation for breastfeeding. During lactation, prolactin is the main factor maintaining tight junctions  of the ductal epithelium and regulating milk production through osmotic balance . human placental lactogen (HPL) – from the second month of pregnancy, the placenta releases large amounts of HPL. This hormone is closely associated with prolactin and appears to be instrumental in breast, nipple, and areola growth before birth. Follicle Stimulating hormone  (FSH), lutenizing hormone  (LH), Human Chronic Gonadotropin (hCG), through control of estrogen and progesterone production, and also, by extension, prolactin and growth hormone production, are essential growth. hormone  (GH) is structurally very similar to prolactin and independently contributes to its galactopoiesis.Adrenocorticotropic hormone  (ACTH) and glucocorticoid  such as cortisol  have an important lactation inducing function in several animal species, including humans. Glucocorticoids play a complex regulating role in the maintenance of tight junctions.Thyroid-stimulating hormone  (TSH) and thyrotropin-releasing hormone  (TRH) are very important galactopoietic hormones whose levels are naturally increased during pregnancy . Oxytocin  contracts the smooth muscle  of the uterus  during and after birth, and during orgasm(s). After birth, oxytocin contracts the smooth muscle layer of band-like cells surrounding the alveoli to squeeze the newly produced milk into the duct system. Oxytocin is necessary for the milk ejection reflex, or let-down, in response to suckling, to occur.

It is also possible to induce lactation  without pregnancy


Source: Wikipedia
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