Oxytocin or relaxin -which helps in perturition ?

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Please find below the solution of your asked query:

• Oxytocin hormone-
  • It is involved in the process of parturition.
  • Parturition is the process of giving birth to a baby as the development of the foetus gets completed in the mother’s womb. 
  • Oxytocin leads to the contraction of smooth muscles of myometrium of the uterus, which directs the full term foetus towards the birth canal.
• Relaxin hormone-
  • It is secreted by ovary and is very essential for pregnancy.
  • This hormone is responsible for the contraction and relaxation of pelvic and cervical muscles that helps during child birth.

Therefore, both the hormones help in Parturition.

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