mammary gland cord
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004182
The solid cord of epithelial cells that emerges from the mammary bud and grows down from the primary mammary mesenchyme and into a second stromal compartment, the fat pad precursor, beneath the dermis. [ MP:0013725 ]
Synonyms: mammary cord, lactiferous gland cord
Term info
in female mouse embryos, the primary mammary cord (aka 'mammary sprout') is formed between E15.5 and E16.5; once the primary cord reaches the adipocytes of the fat pad (around E16), it begins to branch in a characteristic dichotomous fashion to form the initial ductal tree
mammary sprout
uberon
UBERON:0004182
Term relations
- epithelium of mammary gland
- epithelial layer of duct
- epithelial cord
- part of some mammary duct
- develops from some mammary bud