Mammary Glands

• Mammary Glands - are present in both sexes, but they normally function only in women
• Mammary Glands - functions to produce milk to nourish a newborn baby, they are actually important only when reproduction has already been completed
• Mammary glands are modified sweat glands that are part of the skin
• Areola - a pigmented area surrounding the nipple
• Nipple - a central protruding, surrounded by the areola
• How many lobes that consist each mammary gland?

  15 to 25 lobes
• Lobules - are smaller chambers found within each lobe
• Alveolar Glands - produces milk when a woman is lactating
• Lactating - other term for "producing milk"
• Lactiferous Ducts - opens to the outside at the nipple, where milk exits each lobule
• Lactiferous Sinus - a dilated region of the duct, where milk accumulates during nursing