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Thursday 29 August 2013
Adj. mammary. Breast pathology
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Definition: The breast is one of two prominences located on the upper ventral region of the torso of primates. In females, it serves as the mammary gland, which produces and secretes milk and feeds infants.
Both females and males develop breasts from the same embryological tissues. At puberty, estrogens, in conjunction with growth hormone, cause breast development in females.
Components
skin and nipple
hypodermal fat / subcutaneous fat
mammary gland
- mammary ducts / lactiferous ducts
- mammary lobules / clusters of acini
Pathology
- benign proliferative anomalies
mammary diseases
mammary tumors
- mammary carcinomas
Websites
http://www.webpathology.com/atlas_map.asp?section=9
http://www.breastpathology.info
http://www.breastdiseases.com
http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/breast-atlas/atlaspre.htm
