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...

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...

Lactiferous duct Terminal end bud Mammary alveolus Inframammary fold Intermammary cleft Nipple Retromammary space Other Dense breast tissue Mammary ridge...

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

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...

Amastia is presumably due to failure of embryologic (before birth) mammary ridge development or incomplete involution. People with amastia often suffer...

primary breast. Anatomical terms of location Breast cancer Human anatomy Mammary ridge Memon S, Emanuel JC (2008). "The axillary tail--an important caveat...

lean women and men in a curved linear arrangement identical to the mammary ridge lines seen in human embryos. TheFreeDictionary > Fat pad Citing: Mosby's...