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...

Alveolus (/ælˈviːələs/; pl. alveoli, adj. alveolar) is a general anatomical term for a concave cavity or pit. Pulmonary alveolus, an air sac in the lungs...

The mammary ridge or mammary crest is a primordium specific for the development of mammary glands. The mammary ridge is primordial for the mammary glands...

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...

surface of the breast from which, in lactating females, milk from the mammary gland leaves the body through the lactiferous ducts to nurse an infant...

Montgomery) Cooper's ligaments Tail of Spence Mammary gland Lactiferous duct Terminal end bud Mammary alveolus Inframammary fold Intermammary cleft Nipple...

and form a branched system connecting the nipple to the lobules of the mammary gland. When lactogenesis occurs, under the influence of hormones, the milk...

fascia system. The fold is formed by the fusion of the superficial and mammary fasciae. G. Querci della Rovere (2004). Oncoplastic and Reconstructive...

formed by branches between minute arteries around the breasts, with lateral mammary branches curving around the lateral border of the pectoralis major. Lymph...

permanently develop breasts at puberty; all other mammals develop their mammary tissue during the latter period of pregnancy; at puberty, estrogens, in...