These questions consist of two statements each, printed as Statement-I and Statement-II. While answering these questions, you are required to choose any one of the following four responses.
Statement-I: Oxytocin is also known as Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH).
Statement-II: Oxytocin can cause and increase in the renal reabsorption of water.
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(b) In females, oxytocin stimulates a vigorous contraction of uterus at the time of childbirth.
Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) or vasopressin, which acts mainly on kidney and stimulates resorption of water and electrolytes by distal tubules and thereby reduces water loss through urine. Both of these hormones are released by posterior pituitary but are synthesised by hypothalamus.
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