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 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000817 ]
Term information
- NCIT:C12367
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammary_gland
- MAT:0000073
- MIAA:0000073
- UMLS:C0929301 (ncithesaurus:Mammary_Gland)
- VHOG:0000398
- CALOHA:TS-0595
- EMAPA:17759
- EFO:0000854
- BTO:0000817
- MESH:D008321
- MA:0000145
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/361720005
- FMA:286452
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjVq5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0929301
- EV:0100125
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim
- 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://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Illu_breast_anatomy.jpg
- Originally this was classified as a female reproductive structure, as it was in the MP in 2011
- 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]
- 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
- lactiferous gland
- glandula mammaria
- milk patch
- lobe of breast
- uberon
- mamma
- mammae
- dug
- Brustdruese
- glandula mammaria
- lobe of mammary gland
- mammary
- 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]
- UBERON:0001911
- 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
Term relations
- gland and capable of some lactation
- mammary gland alveolus
- mammary duct
- parenchyma of mammary gland
- mammary fat pad
- lobule of mammary gland
- acinus of lactiferous gland
- mammary gland luminal epithelium
- mammary lobe
- mammary gland myoepithelium
- mammary gland smooth muscle
- mammary gland fat
- mammary gland connective tissue
- areola
- mesenchyme of mammary gland
- epithelium of mammary gland