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mammary gland

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A specialized accessory gland of the skin of mammals that secretes milk. The gland is typically only developed in females, and regresses in males. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammary_gland BTO:0000817 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Synonyms: lactiferous gland, glandula mammaria

Term info

database cross reference
  • FMA:286452
  • UMLS:C0929301 (ncithesaurus:Mammary_Gland)
  • EFO:0000854
  • MESH:D008321
  • Wikipedia:Mammary_gland
  • NCIT:C12367
  • VHOG:0000398
  • MIAA:0000073
  • BTO:0000817
  • EV:0100125
  • MA:0000145
  • EMAPA:17759
  • SCTID:361720005
  • MAT:0000073
  • CALOHA:TS-0595
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim

plural term
mammae

UBPROP 0000001

Any of the milk-producing apocrine glands typically occurring in pairs in female mammals and consisting of lobes containing clusters of alveoli with a system of ducts to convey the milk to an external nipple or teat. [TFD][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000003

The detailed similarities of mammary glands in living monotremes, marsupials, and eutherians argue for a monophyletic origin of these glands, perhaps by the combination of parts of preexisting sebaceous and sweat glands.[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000007

mammary

UBPROP 0000008

The mammary glands of humans are in the thoracid/breast region. In other mammals they may be located elsewhere on the mammary ridges., The male Dayak fruit bat has lactating mammary glands, A mouse mammary gland contains a single duct or sinus, forming 5-10 secondary ducts

UBPROP 0000012

The FMA class represents an individule lobe. The nipple is not a part, The MA class represents a composite structure, including the nipple, fat, connective tissue, smooth muscle as parts, The BTO class represents the combination of nipple plus lobe

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Illu_breast_anatomy.jpg

editor note

Originally this was classified as a female reproductive structure, as it was in the MP in 2011

has related synonym

mamma, mammae, dug, Brustdruese, glandula mammaria, lobe of mammary gland

has narrow synonym

milk patch, lobe of breast

id

UBERON:0001911

prefLabel

Lactiferous gland, Set of lactiferous glands, mammary gland