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The Mammary Glands

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The female breast is a hemispheric projection of variable size positioned anterior to the pectoralis major and serratus anterior muscles. A fascia layer composed of dense, irregular connective tissue connects it to these muscles.
Each breast features a pigmented projection known as the nipple, through which milk emerges via closely spaced openings of ducts, referred to as lactiferous ducts. Surrounding the nipple is a circular pigmented area of skin named the areola, which appears rough due to...

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Manjit Kaur¹, Neelam Chaudhary¹, Gargi Kapatia¹

¹Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, Punjab, India.

|July 5, 2023

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