milk ejection reflex
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0060156
A reflex that occurs in response to suckling, beginning with a nerve impulse from a receptor in the mammary gland and ending with the ejection of milk from the gland. Signaling never reaches a level of consciousness. [ GOC:cjm GOC:dph GOC:st GOC:mr ]
Synonyms: milk ejection
Term info
biological_process
GO:0060156
Term relations
- body fluid secretion
- secretion by tissue
- reflex
- part of some lactation
- only in taxon some Mammalia
- in taxon only Mammalia