Uterine muscle responsiveness to oxytocin
a. is enhanced by an increased in estrogen/progesterone ratio
b. is prevented by high prostaglandin levels during pregnancy
c. is decreased by down-regulation of oxytocin receptors during the third trimester
d. is enhanced by decreased estrogen/progesterone ratio
e. is independent of estrogen/progesterone ratio

a. is enhanced by an increased in estrogen/progesterone ratio

Explanation:

The average duration of human pregnancy is about 9 months or we can say 38 weeks/266 days. This period is called as the gestation period. At the end of pregnancy vigorous contraction of the uterus result in expulsion or delivery of the baby. It is called parturition. Parturition is a neuroendocrine mechanism.

During pregnancy uterine contractions are inhibited due to the high progesterone levels. Progesterone maintains the endometrium and prevents contraction of myometrium. At the end of last trimester, the progesterone levels plateau and then drops whereas estrogen levels continue to rise.

As a result the E/P ratio increases which makes the myometrium more sensitive to contraction stimuli.

The decreases levels of progesterone may lead to Braxton Hicks contraction which is nothing but false labor. Meanwhile, oxytocin hormone is secreted by the posterior pituitary gland which induces the contraction of myometrium.

4.) metal

"-the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back to the environment

-carbon is the essential component of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates (which make up all organisms)

-carbon exists in air, water, and living organisms

-producers convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into carbohydrates during photosynthesis

-bacteria in the atmosphere cycles through the system in filtration units

-in cellular respiration, carbon is released back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide

-some carbon is stored in limestone (forming one of the largest "carbon sinks" on earth)

-largest carbon reservoir on earth= limestone

-carbon stored in the bodies of organisms as fat, oils, or other molecules may be released into the soil or air when the organism dies

-this may form deposits of coal, oil, or natural gas (fossil fuels, which increased the atmospheric carbon dioxide)

-fossil fuels store carbon left over from bodies of organisms that died millions of years ago

-they are located in the surface of earth, deep within the earth and beneath the ocean floor."    

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