Oxytocin

a. is not important for stimulating uterine contractions.
b. causes contraction of the myoepithelial cells surrounding the alveoli of the breast.
c. stimulates synthesis of milk by the milk glands.
d. both (a) and (b) above.
e. all of these answers.


B

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