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Breast Questions
Breast Disease
Breast Examination
Breast Screening
Milk Secretion
Breast Biopsy
Breast Cytology
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- Gland involved in Milk Production
- Modified apocrine sweat gland
- Consists of approximately 15 main ducts that open separately on summit of
the nipple
Relations
- lies on
- pectoralis major
- serratus anterior
- external oblique muscles
Blood Supply
- lateral thoracic artery (branch of Axillary Artery)
- branches curl around border of pectoralis major
- also
- internal thoracic artery
- intercostal arteries
- thoracoacromial arteries
Venous Drainage
- run with arteries as above
Lymphatic Drainage
- axillary (75%)
- infraclavicular,
- parasternal
7.2.6 The Breast
| Knowledge of principles of structure and function,
vascular supply and lymph drainage. |
Self-examination of breast for lumps. |
7.2.6.1 Lymphatic drainage
| Importance in cancer; submammary plexus, axillary lymph
nodes, some drainage to internal thoracic lymph nodes (communication
across the midline). |
Central and apical nodes. |
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