Ch. 3 Anatomy, Physiology, & Pathology Of The Breast

Question 1

Is the milk producing element of the breast, located within the alveolar glands

Answer 1

Acinus

Question 2

Is an adjunctive therapy involving the use of drugs to treat cancer that may have spread throughout the body

Answer 2

Chemotherapy

Question 3

Are also called suspensory ligament. They are strands of connective tissue that runs between the skin and the facia to support the lobes of the breast

Answer 3

Coopers ligaments

Question 4

A common condition and females were the breast develops thickening of the alveoli in addition to one or more cysts

Answer 4

Fibrocystic breast

Question 5

The most inferior aspect of the breast where it meets the anterior abdominal wall

Answer 5

Inframammary fold or crease

Question 6

Describes a process that begins at menopause as the breast loses its support of tissue to fat, to produce a smaller breast or a larger, more pendulous one

Answer 6

Involution

Question 7

A syndrome that occurs in males due to them having 47 chromosomes. The symptoms are in large breast, small testes, sparse facial and body hair, and inability to produce sperm.

Answer 7

Klinefelter’s syndrome

Question 8

Are ducts within the breast conveying milk to the nipple

Answer 8

Lactiferous ducts

Question 9

Is a widening or ampulla in the connecting duct immediately behind the nipple orifice

Answer 9

Lactiferous sinus

Question 10

Is a broad triangular muscle located on the inferior part of the back

Answer 10

Latissimus dorsi muscle

Question 11

Is also called the terminal duct your lobular unit. It lies at the end of the branching tree of ducts. Holds the alveolar glands, which are the milk producing elements of the breast

Answer 11

Lobule

Question 12

A small kidney shaped organ, which is part of the lymphoid tissue. Or seen Mammographically as ovoid structures with a Lucent center or hilum

Answer 12

Lymph nodes

Question 13

Large modified sebaceous glands on the areola of the breast that secrete a fatty fluid that lubricates and protects the nipple during nursing. They also have smooth muscles that caused the nipples to become erect when stimulated

Answer 13

Montgomery’s glands

Question 14

Refer to protrusions on the nipple

Answer 14

Morgagni’s tubercles

Question 15

Refers to treatment used to relieve or alleviate the pain or symptoms of a disease without actually curing the disease

Answer 15

Palliative treatment

Question 16

Is an area of fatty tissue separating the breast from the pectoral muscle

Answer 16

Retromammary space

Question 17

Are oil secreting glands in the skin

Answer 17

Sebaceous glands

Question 18

The outer upper quadrant of the breast which extends towards the axilla

Answer 18

Tale of Spence

Question 19

Is the most distal end of the ductal system

Answer 19

Terminal ductal lobular unit (TDLU)

Question 20

What are the upper lower medial and lateral extents of the breast

Answer 20

Upper- 2nd or 3rd rib
Lower- 6th or 7th rib
Medial- mid sternum
Lateral- mid axillary line(latissimus dorsi muscle)

Question 21

Where does most of the breasts blood supply come from?

Answer 21

Axillary artery