Via lactea (English spelling) Vialactea

Japanese: Via lactea(英語表記)Vialactea
Via lactea (English spelling) Vialactea

...This hormone is secreted not only when the nipple is sucked by an infant, but also when returning home from an outing and seeing the face of one's child or hearing their cry, causing milk to spurt out from the nipple (neuroendocrine reflex). In Greek mythology, when Hercules sucked on the nipple of the goddess Hera, milk spurted out, forming the Milky Way (Via lactea in Latin, Milky Way in English, both meaning "river of milk"), due to this ejection reflex.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Via lactea" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…乳児によって乳首を吸われる刺激だけでなく,外出から帰宅してわが子の顔を見たり泣声を聞いたりしても,このホルモンが分泌されるので,乳首から乳汁がほとばしって出てくる(神経内分泌反射)。ギリシア神話の女神ヘラの乳首がヘラクレスに吸われて乳をほとばしらせ,〈天の川〉(ラテン語でVia lactea,英語でMilky Way。いずれも〈乳の川〉の意)になったと伝えられるのも,この射出反射による。…

※「Via lactea」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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