mammary gland histo SDL

Question 1

discribe the histologic appearance of the mammary tissues

Answer 1

• modified cutaneous sweat gland that produces milk
• each gland is enclosed in muscular fibroelastic capsule extending into the substance of the gland and dividing it into lobes and lobules
• glandular tissue consists of a duct system surrounded by a dense connective tissue and fatty interlobular tissue
• each duct lined by 2 layers of cells: luminal epithelial cells and basal flattened myoepithelial cells (contractile)

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Question 5

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papillary duct of teat