Breast aesthetics are determined by volume, soft tissue composition and distribution, shape/contour, tissue elasticity, location and appearance of the nipple-areolar complex, and proportionality of the breast with respect to the thoracic wall and the body. Thorough and comprehensive understanding of ...
Chapters Languages 0:00Overview 0:58The Anatomy of the Breast Tissue 1:47Preparation and Considerations 4:52Inspection of the Breast Tissue 7:12Regional Lymph Node Examination 9:55Clinical Breast Examination 13:58SummaryOverview Procedure Applications and Summary Transcript Automatic Translation Clic...
(seeChapter 8). The tail of Spence is distinguished from a supernumerary gland because it connects to the normal duct system. Occasionally, in normal women, small masses of breast tissue may grow through the deep fascia to the muscle below. This may explain some pain distribution when the ...
or fatty tissue, makes up the majority of the breast. It is located on the pectoral muscles, and this tissue protects, supports, and gives structure to the rest of the breast tissue. The amount of fatty stroma
The bulk of breast tissue localizes to its upper outer quadrant. It lies mainly on pectoralis major, overlapping onto serratus anterior and rectus abdominis. A tongue, the axillary tail, projects into the axilla. Being an epithelial derivative, the breast is enclosed in its own pocket of ...
In this period, the pituitary hormone prolactin stimulates the glands to produce milk, while the hypothalamic hormone oxytocin stimulates the ejection of milk through the nipple. Outside of the postpartum period, the glands are less abundant with most of the breast tissue being filled with adipose...
b.the hard connective tissue forming these structures, composed of cells enclosed in a calcified matrix. 2.such a structure from an edible animal, usu. with meat adhering to it, as an article of food:a ham bone. 3.any of various similarly hard or structural animal substances, as ivory or...
Mastitis (a breast tissue infection usually tied to breastfeeding) Nipple eczema (dermatitis) A rash on your nipple can also be a sign of a couple of different types of breast cancer. One rare form, Paget's disease of the breast, starts on the nipple and spreads to the skin around it ...
There are three distinct types of muscle tissue in the human body: 1. Skeletal Muscle: This type of muscle creates movement in the body. There are more than 600 skeletal muscles, and they make up about 40 percent of a person’s weight. When the nervous system signals the muscle to contr...
Both males and females have breasts. The structure of the male breast is nearly identical to that of the female breast, except that the male breast tissue lacks the specialized lobules, as there is no physiologic need for milk production by the male breast. Abnormal enlargement of themale brea...