Fundamentals of Midwifery: A Textbook for Students (99 page)
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Leukaemia
Group of malignant disease; the bone marrow and other blood forming organs produce increased numbers of white blood cells.
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Milk ejection reflex.
Myoepithelial cells
Encourage the secretion of milk into the ductal system.
Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC)
Life-threatening disease affecting the bowel of the newborn during the first few weeks of life, more common in pre-term babies.
Neuroendocrine
Control of certain activities of the body by the nervous system and circulating hormones.
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Obesity
Condition in which excess fat has accumulated in the body, mostly in the subcutaneous tissues.
Oxytocin
Hormone produced by the posterior pituitary gland causing contraction of the myoep- ithelial cells around the alveoli lumen which stimulates milk flow from the breasts after the birth, in response to the baby suckling at the breast.
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