In the first and second trimester of pregnancy the uterus is relatively unresponsive to oxytocin but...

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In the first and second trimester of pregnancy the uterus isrelatively unresponsive to oxytocin but during the last weeks ofpregnancy becomes increasingly responsive (meaning it will causecontractions). With your understanding of how cells respondto hormones, explain why this is the case. You mustinclude in general how the cells change as well as the specifichormone(s) that trigger the change.

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Oxytocin is a hormone secreated by pituitary gland and produced by hypothalamusThis hormone stimulate teh utrine muscles to contract during labour When the cells express a specific    See Answer
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