While Explaining Milk Production and Release to a Group of Expectant

Multiple Choice

While explaining milk production and release to a group of expectant parents, the nurse educates the parents on the fact that suckling by the infant provides the stimulus for milk ejection. This suckling sends feedback to the hypothalamus, which stimulates the release of which hormone from the pituitary gland responsible for the ejection of milk into the ductal system?

A) Oxytocin
B) Prolactin
C) Progesterone
D) Follicle-stimulating hormone