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The Reproductive System
Milk Secretion in the Breast
Description
The female breast contains mammary glands that produce milk. It lies in front of the pectoralis major and serratus anterior muscles. A dense connective tissue layer, called fascia, links the breast to these muscles and helps support it.
The nipple is the pigmented projection where milk leaves the...
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Transcript
Female breasts are hemispheric projections attached anteriorly to the pectoralis major and serratus anterior muscles by a dense, irregular connective tissue.
Each breast features a pigmented projection, the nipple, surrounded by the circular areola.
Within each breast lies a mammary gland, a modified sweat gland that produces milk....
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