Labels:bulletin board | door | subarachnoid space | windowpane OCR: Maternal The fetal hypothalamus secretes CRH hypothalamus which stimulates ACTH secretion Uterine stimulates stretch from the pituitary The fetal pituitary afferent neurons secretes ACTH in greater amounts near parturition. ACTH causes the fetal adrenal gland to secrete greater quantities of adrenal glucocorticoids Adrenal Progesterone Glucocorticoids travel in the umbilical glucocorticoids synthesis blood to the placenta levels off In the placenta the adrenal Estrogen glucocorticoids cause progesterone prostaglan synthesis to level off and estrogen and Synthesis Oxytocin prostaglandin synthesis to increase incre ise making the uterus more irritable irom ACTE The stretching of the uterus produces fetal pituitar Placenta action potentials that are transmitted CRH frorn feta to the brain thr ...
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