A mammary gland is an exocrine gland in humans and other mammals that produces milk to feed young offspring. Mammals get their name from the Latin word...
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mammary ridge or mammary crest is a primordium specific for the development of mammary glands. The mammary ridge is primordial for the mammary glands...
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A mammary alveolus (pl.: alveoli, from Latin alveolus, "little cavity") is a small cavity or sac found in the mammary gland. Mammary alveoli are the site...
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Breast development (redirect from Mammary gland development)
on the chest known as breasts in primates, which serve primarily as mammary glands. The process is mediated by an assortment of hormones (and growth factors)...
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A mammary tumor is a neoplasm originating in the mammary gland. It is a common finding in older female dogs and cats that are not spayed, but they are...
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distinction between males and females. In females, it serves as the mammary gland, which produces and secretes milk to feed infants. Subcutaneous fat...
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Shyamala, G. (1999). "Progesterone Signaling and Mammary Gland Morphogenesis". Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia. 4 (1): 89–104. doi:10.1023/A:1018760721173...
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effective sweat glands in hoofed animals, such as the camels, donkeys, horses, and cattle. Ceruminous glands (which produce ear wax), mammary glands (which produce...
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method of secretion. (e.g. mammary gland, sweat gland of arm pit, pubic region, skin around anus, lips and nipples) Holocrine glands – the entire cell disintegrates...
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glands are glands that secrete substances onto an epithelial surface by way of a duct. Examples of exocrine glands include sweat, salivary, mammary,...
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Involution (medicine) (section Mammary gland)
birth, mammary glands grow steadily to a size required for optimal milk production. At the end of nursing, the number of cells in the mammary gland becomes...
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Synapsida (section Mammary glands)
Oftedal, Olav T. (2002-07-01). "The mammary gland and its origin during synapsid evolution". Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia. 7 (3): 225–252...
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Nipple (redirect from Mammary papilla)
physiological purpose of nipples is to deliver milk, produced in the female mammary glands during lactation, to an infant. During breastfeeding, nipple stimulation...
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Lactiferous duct (redirect from Mammary duct)
form a branched system connecting the nipple to the lobules of the mammary gland. When lactogenesis occurs, under the influence of hormones, the milk...
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During puberty, the virus enters the mammary glands with migrating lymphocytes and infects proliferating mammary gland epithelial cells. As a retrovirus...
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glands of the human body There are several specialized glands within the human integumentary system that are derived from apocrine or sebaceous gland...
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regulates epithelial–mesenchymal interactions during the formation of the mammary glands. PTHrP plays a major role in regulating calcium homeostasis in vertebrates...
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Mammoplasia (redirect from Mammary gland hyperplasia)
Sciences. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-323-35776-0. The cyclic changes of the adult mammary gland can be associated with the menstrual cycle and the hormonal changes...
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(/məˈmeɪli.ə/). Mammals are characterized by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair...
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Axillary lymph nodes (redirect from Internal mammary lymph nodes)
S.; Fakoya, Adegbenro O.; Sajjad, Hussain (2024), "Anatomy, Thorax, Mammary Gland", StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID 31613446...
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the mammary glands to produce milk (lactation): increased serum concentrations of prolactin during pregnancy cause enlargement of the mammary glands and...
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Lactation (category Glands)
Lactation describes the secretion of milk from the mammary glands and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young. The process naturally...
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Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human...
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Estrogen receptor beta (section Mammary gland)
of ERβ in the mammary glands is not. Expression of ERα and ERβ in the mammary glands also differs throughout life in female mice. Mammary ERα expression...
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Cancer in cats (section Mammary gland tumors)
by the cat. This is a sign that the cat is suffering from anxiety. Mammary gland tumors are the third common type of cancer in older female cats, with...
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Endocrine system (section Glands)
hormones. In contrast, exocrine glands, such as salivary glands, mammary glands, and submucosal glands within the gastrointestinal tract, tend to be much less...
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apocrine glands include the ciliary glands (glands of Moll) in the eyelids; the ceruminous glands, which produce ear wax; and the mammary glands, which...
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Estrogen receptor alpha (section Mammary gland)
the uterus and ovary, male reproductive organs, mammary gland, bone, heart, hypothalamus, pituitary gland, liver, lung, kidney, spleen, and adipose tissue...
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Inframammary fold (redirect from Infra-mammary fold)
fascia system. The fold is formed by the fusion of the superficial and mammary fasciae. G. Querci della Rovere (2004). Oncoplastic and Reconstructive...
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period where the mammary glands remain in a non-lactating state. Preceding parturition, parenchymal tissue within the mammary gland will redevelop, allowing...
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