KROK 1 2011 – Question 94 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
A 32-year-old patient consulted a doctor about the absence of lactation after parturition. Such disorder might be explained by the deficit of the following hormone:
- A. Thyrocalcitonin
- B. Prolactin
- C. Vasopressin
- D. Glucagon
- E. Somatotropin
Hint
Separate the hormones that build up milk from the one that expels it, and ask which pituitary hormone sustains the secretory activity of the mammary glands.
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