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Please answer this question Affects their liver. (J) Two suggestions are : • Government should regulate the production and supply of alcohol. • Create awareness among adolescents regarding ill effects of alcohol on body. , Ramesh, a class X student, used to go with his mother in the evening to bring milk from a nearby dairy farm. On number of occasions, he had seen the dairy owner giving injection to the buffalo before milking it. Ramesh felt concerned and discussed with the dairy owner about the harmful of q•ch practice. Which chemical was being injected by dairy owner in buffalo before milking it and why? 'i) What other major function this chemical performs in buffalo or adult human females? Also list two common terms used for this chemical based on its functions. iii) Why iould such a practice be discouraged? Comment. AL (i) Oxytocin hormone. It induces contractions of myoepithelial cells Of mammary glands to cause release of (iO It induces contractions of smooth muscles of the uterus during the birth of the young one. two common terms used for this chemical based on its functions are : 'milk ejecting hormone' and 'birth hormone' (iii) Such a practice by dairy owners is not healthy as injection of oxytocin hormone brings sudden physiological changes in milk animals. Such practice therefore should be discouraged.

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(i) The injection contained oxytocin which helps the mammary gland of the buffalo to release milk.
(ii) In Human female or in buffalo, the oxytocin helps for the contraction of the uterus during parturition, so that the baby can come out easily. Oxytocin is also known as Milk Ejecting Hormone and Birth Hormone.
(iii) Oxytocin is a naturally produced hormone which is released in the body only when it is actually needed. If it is intentionally supplied, then it will bring about non-occasional physiological changes in the body which is against nature. Thus it should be avoided.

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