The portion of a mature female breast that produces milk.
The milk-producing gland of female mammals.
Breast; gland which secretes milk.
Another name for the system of cells and tubes that make and deliver breast milk to the nipple. In experimental animals, often the name used for breast tissue is the mammary gland.
mammary glands, mammae milk-producing glands found in female mammals, consisting of clusters of milk-producing alveoli and a system of ducts for transporting the milk to an external nipple or teat. These glands typically occur in pairs and begin secreting milk after gestation, plural is mammae.
one of the glands in female mammals that is capable of producing milk
Glandular organ located on the chest. The mammary gland is made up of connective tissue, fat, and breast tissue that contains the glands that can make milk. Also called breast.
A gland that secretes milk.
Mammary glands are the organs that, in the female mammal, produce milk for the sustenance of the young. These exocrine glands are enlarged and modified sweat glands and are the characteristic of mammals which gave the class its name.
