Biology 103 Quiz A - Endocrine and Nervous Systems 1.
Prolactin is a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary.
The hormone's target organ is the mammary gland, where it stimulates production of milk after the birth of a baby. Include every step. Prolactin is formed in the anterior pituitary, a part of the brain, and acts at the mammary glands which are attached to the chest. Oxytocin is a posterior pituitary hormone which is involved in child birth and milk release to the suckling child. A child in your field experience class shows you a burned spot on his arm and explains what a tough kid he is because he didn't cry when his dad put out a cigarette butt on that spot.