Lactiferous ducts are ducts that converge and form a branched system connecting the nipple to the lobules of the mammary gland. When lactogenesis occurs...

females, milk from the mammary gland leaves the body through the lactiferous ducts to nurse an infant. The milk can flow through the nipple passively...

These alveoli join to form groups known as lobules. Each lobule has a lactiferous duct that drains into openings in the nipple. The myoepithelial cells contract...

inflammation and has been associated with squamous metaplasia of lactiferous ducts. The term is usually understood to include breast abscesses located...

anatomy and physiology, a duct is a circumscribed channel leading from an exocrine gland or organ. Examples include: As ducts travel from the acinus which...

has several small openings arranged radially around the tip of the lactiferous ducts, from which milk is released during lactation. The other small openings...

the lactiferous tissue is within 30 mm of the base of the nipple. The terminal lactiferous ducts drain the milk from TDLUs into 4–18 lactiferous ducts, which...

in which the term is mostly used, duct ectasia is an inflammatory condition of the larger-order lactiferous ducts. It is considered likely that the condition...

no fibrosis. There is no soft-tissue deficiency of the nipple. The lactiferous duct should be normal without any retraction.[medical citation needed] Inverted...

caused by the obstruction of a lactiferous duct. Clinically, they appear similar to a cyst upon examination. The duct becomes more distended over time...