The mammary glands are modified subcutaneous apocrine sweat glands, found only in mammals, and have the important role of providing nourishment and passive immunity to the newborn. Ovarian and exogenous steroid hormones, often used as contraceptives, are risk factors for the development of mammary ...
The mammary glands are modified subcutaneous apocrine sweat glands, found only in mammals, and have the important role of providing nourishment and passive immunity to the newborn. The mammary gland is a branching, ductal structure that is embedded in abundant fibrovascular and adipose tissue. The...
The mammary glands are modified apocrine sweat glands. They are structurally dynamic, meaning that the anatomy changes depending on a woman’s age, menstrual cycle phase and reproductive status. The glands are active in adult women after childbirth (postpartum period). In this period, the pituitar...
The adipose component of the mammary gland forms a large portion of the breast’s stromal fat pad. The variation in breast size amongst women is related to the adipose tissue volume rather than the epithelial component itself. Adipose tissue is abundant in the interlobular spaces, while its pre...
adrenal gland see adrenal gland. apocrine gland one whose discharged secretion contains part of the secreting cells. areolar g's Montgomery's glands. axillary g's lymph nodes in the axilla. Bartholin g's two small mucus-secreting glands, one on each side in the lower pole of the labium maj...
A reads text to speech; Share Print Export Clone 30 Cards in this Set Front Back What type of gland are the mammary glands? Highly modified apocrine sweat glands Compound tubuloacinar glands What kind of secretory epithelium is found? Simple cuboidal How are the epithelia arranged?
Kralj M, Pipan N (1992) The role of exocytosis in the apocrine secretion of milk lipid globules in mouse mammary gland during lactogenesis. Biol Cell 75(3):211–216 Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar Ladinsky MS, Mardones GA, Orlicky DJ, Howell KE, McManaman JL (2019) Electron tomogra...
After birth, the first milk released by mammary glands is called colostrum. It is released for 2-3 days. It is thin, yellowish fluid containing cells from the alveoli of glandular tissue of mammary glands and is rich in protein, antibodies, but low in fa
Membrane interactions between secretory vesicles, exocytosis and apocrine secretion in the mammary gland during gestation and during normal and suppressed lactation: M. Kralj and N. Pipan (Institute of Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, Lipicˇeva 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia)Show moreShow less...
About 70% of breast cancers express oestrogen receptor α (ESR1/ERα) and are oestrogen-dependent for growth. In contrast with the highly proliferative nature of ERα-positive tumour cells, ERα-positive cells in normal breast tissue rarely proliferate.