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mammary gland
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Definition : A mammary gland is an exocrine gland in humans and other mammals that produces milk to feed young offspring.
Components
mammary lobules / terminal duct lobular unit TDLU
mammary stroma
- interlobular stroma
- intralobular stroma
lactiferous ducts / mammary large ducts
Pathology : mammary pathology
anomalies of the mammary development ( anomalies of mammogenesis )
mammary anomalies / mammary lesions
mammary lesional syndromes
mammary diseases
mammary tumors
- mammary carcinomas
Digital slides
HPC:92: Normal mammary gland.
JRC:5341 : mammary hypertrophy.
See also
breast
female genital system
References
Robinson GW. Cooperation of signalling pathways in embryonic mammary gland development. Nat Rev Genet. 2007 Dec;8(12):963-72. PMID: 18007652
Hennighausen L, Robinson GW. Information networks in the mammary gland. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2005 Sep;6(9):715-25. PMID: 16231422
