normal labour and puerperium

Question 1

which hormone prevents uterine contractility?

Answer 1

progesterone

Question 2

it hinders contracility of myocytes and prevents?

Answer 2

gap junctions forming

Question 3

eostrogen makes uterus contract and also promotes?

Answer 3

prstaglandin production

Question 4

what hormone initiates and sustains contractions an facts on decidua tissue to promote prostaglandin release?

Answer 4

oxytocin

Question 5

where is oxytocin synthesised?

Answer 5

directly in decidual tissue and extra embryonic metal tissues, and in placenta

Question 6

what is fergusons reflex

Answer 6

mechanical stretch of cervix and stripping of metal membranes increases excitability of myometrial fibres

Question 7

a rise in fetal cortisol level stimulates an increase in what in the mother?

Answer 7

oestriol

Question 8

increase in myometrial oxytocin receptors and their activation results in phospholipase c activity and subsequent increase in cytosolic calcium, and uterine contractility

Answer 8

y

Question 9

oestroge causes an incrase in the number of oxytocin receptors in myometrial and decidual tissue ear the end of pregnancy

Answer 9

y