Sentences with phrase «of lactiferous»

Although the duct diameter was increased at multiple branch points, the typical saclike appearance of lactiferous sinuses under the areola was not observed during scanning.

The compression of the lactiferous sinus area helps to start the flow of milk forward through the multiple openings at the nipple.

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It uses the principle of tissue expansion, achieved in this case through long term suction to stretch the lactiferous ducts.

The milk ducts, also called lactiferous ducts, are the tubes that carry your breast milk from where it is made in the glandular tissue of your breast out to your nipple.

The glands that produce milk (mammary glands) that are connected to the surface of the breast by the lactiferous ducts may extend to the armpit area.

To get enough milk, the baby must therefore take enough of the breast into her mouth so as to empty the lactiferous sinuses with her tongue.

The myoepithelial cells can contract, similar to muscle cells, and thereby push the milk from the alveoli through the lactiferous ducts toward the nipple, where it collects in widenings (sinuses) of the ducts.