Lactiferous ducts are ducts that converge and form a branched system connecting the nipple to the lobules of the mammary gland. When lactogenesis occurs...
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Subareolar abscess (redirect from Squamous metaplasia of the lactiferous ducts)
inflammation and has been associated with squamous metaplasia of lactiferous ducts. The term is usually understood to include breast abscesses located...
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breast from which, in females, milk leaves the breast through the lactiferous ducts to breastfeed an infant. The milk can flow through the nipple passively...
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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...
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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...
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has several small openings arranged radially around the tip of the lactiferous ducts, from which milk is released during lactation. The other small openings...
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of lactiferous ducts and fistulation. Simple duct widening should be carefully distinguished from more complex histological changes. "Mammary duct ectasia"...
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Nonpuerperal mastitis (redirect from Duct ectasia syndrome)
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...
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Breast (redirect from Terminal duct lobular unit)
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...
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no fibrosis. There is no soft-tissue deficiency of the nipple. The lactiferous duct should be normal without any retraction.[medical citation needed] Inverted...
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