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Mammary lobe

Known as: lactiferous glands, Set of lobules of mammary gland, Lobuli glandulae mammariae 
A unit of the female breast made up of a group of terminal secretory lobules. On average there are 15-20 lobes in each breast.
National Institutes of Health

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Narrower (3)

Alveolus of lactiferous glandBreast lobuleLactiferous duct

Broader (2)

BreastLobular organ
LactationMammary glandMilk, Human

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2010
2010
Towards a renaissance of subgross breast morphology.
2009
2009
Comparison of creamatocrit and protein concentration in each mammary lobe of the same breast: does the milk composition of each mammary lobe differ in the same breast?
OBJECTIVE We sought to determine if different mammary lobes produce milk of varying composition. STUDY DESIGN Seventeen mothers… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Are columnar cell lesions the earliest histologically detectable non-obligate precursor of breast cancer?
Columnar cell lesions (CCLs) are one of the most common abnormalities in the adult female human breast, characterized by the… 
2008
2008
The important role of deep attachment in the uniform drainage of breast milk from mammary lobe
Aim: To determine if the degree of attachment affects uniformity in the drainage of breast milk from mammary lobe during… 
2007
2007
Carcinoma of the Breast Mimicking an Areolar Dermal Lesion
This report describes the sonographic features of 2 patients with invasive carcinoma of the breast that sonographically mimicked… 
2006
2006
Ductal-lobar organisation of human breast tissue, its relevance in disease and a research objective: vector mapping of parenchyma in complete breasts (the Astley Cooper project)
A human breast has many lobes, which are highly variable in size and shape, each with one central duct, its peripheral branches… 
2004
2004
Zur Frage sog. jahreszyklischer Veränderungen an den Epithelkörperchen (Glandulae parathyreoideae) von Rana temporaria
1991
1991
[Elevation of the bacteriological content of milk of clinically unaffected lactating bitches of a canine research stock].
In the years 1987-1989 a bacteriological investigation of the milk was made in 44 clinically healthy postparturient bitches. In… 
1974
1974
Morphohistological structure of female genital organs in sousliks.
Opisano budowe ukladu rozrodczego zenskiego Citellus suslicus (Gueldenstaedt, 1770) i Citellus citellus (Linnaeus, 1766) u… 
1963
1963
Morphologische Untersuchungen an Epithelkörperchen (Glandulae parathyreoideae) von Anuren
ZusammenfassungDie Epithelkörperchen (EK) von 291 Exemplaren zehn verschiedener Anurenarten werden teils erneut, teils erstmalig… 
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