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...

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 alveolus (pl.: alveoli, from Latin alveolus, "little cavity") is a small cavity or sac found in the mammary gland. Mammary alveoli are the site...

on the chest known as breasts in primates, which serve primarily as mammary glands. The process is mediated by an assortment of hormones (and growth factors)...

A mammary tumor is a neoplasm originating in the mammary gland. It is a common finding in older female dogs and cats that are not spayed, but they are...

distinction between males and females. In females, it serves as the mammary gland, which produces and secretes milk to feed infants. Subcutaneous fat...

glands are glands that secrete substances onto an epithelial surface by way of a duct. Examples of exocrine glands include sweat, salivary, mammary,...

effective sweat glands in hoofed animals, such as the camels, donkeys, horses, and cattle. Ceruminous glands (which produce ear wax), mammary glands (which produce...

method of secretion. (e.g. mammary gland, sweat gland of arm pit, pubic region, skin around anus, lips and nipples) Holocrine glands – the entire cell disintegrates...

glands of the human body There are several specialized glands within the human integumentary system that are derived from apocrine or sebaceous gland...

birth, mammary glands grow steadily to a size required for optimal milk production. At the end of nursing, the number of cells in the mammary gland becomes...

During puberty, the virus enters the mammary glands with migrating lymphocytes and infects proliferating mammary gland epithelial cells. As a retrovirus...

form a branched system connecting the nipple to the lobules of the mammary gland. When lactogenesis occurs, under the influence of hormones, the milk...

physiological purpose of nipples is to deliver milk, produced in the female mammary glands during lactation, to an infant. During breastfeeding, nipple stimulation...

Oftedal, Olav T. (2002-07-01). "The mammary gland and its origin during synapsid evolution". Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia. 7 (3): 225–252...

regulates epithelial–mesenchymal interactions during the formation of the mammary glands. PTHrP plays a major role in regulating calcium homeostasis in vertebrates...

(/məˈmeɪli.ə/). Mammals are characterized by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair...

Sciences. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-323-35776-0. The cyclic changes of the adult mammary gland can be associated with the menstrual cycle and the hormonal changes...

Lactation describes the secretion of milk from the mammary glands and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young. The process naturally...

Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals and the caecilian Siphonops annulatus. It is the primary source of nutrition for...

by the cat. This is a sign that the cat is suffering from anxiety. Mammary gland tumors are the third common type of cancer in older female cats, with...

of ERβ in the mammary glands is not. Expression of ERα and ERβ in the mammary glands also differs throughout life in female mice. Mammary ERα expression...

Areolar glands, also known as glandulae areolares, Montgomery glands, and tubercula areolae, are 10-15 elevations found on the areola. They are usually...

the mammary glands to produce milk (lactation): increased serum concentrations of prolactin during pregnancy cause enlargement of the mammary glands and...

skeletal muscle, thymus, liver, colon, small intestine, adrenal gland, osteoclast, mammary gland epithelial cells, prostate, vascular cell, and pancreas. Most...

apocrine glands include the ciliary glands (glands of Moll) in the eyelids; the ceruminous glands, which produce ear wax; and the mammary glands, which...

mammary gland development". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97 (7): 3044–49 Shyamala, G. 1999. "Progesterone signaling and mammary gland...

the ECM. A well-studied example of morphogenesis that involves ECM is mammary gland ductal branching. Tissues can change their shape and separate into distinct...

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

hormones. In contrast, exocrine glands, such as salivary glands, mammary glands, and submucosal glands within the gastrointestinal tract, tend to be much less...