Category:GO:0060156 ! milk ejection reflex

id: GO:0060156

name: milk ejection reflex
namespace: biological_process
def: "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:mr, GOC:st]
synonym: "milk ejection" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0007589 ! body fluid secretion
is_a: GO:0032941 ! secretion by tissue
is_a: GO:0060004 ! reflex
relationship: part_of: GO:0007595 ! lactation

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0060156</GOterm>
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