loading...| Preferred Name | breast | |
| Synonyms |
mamma mammary region mammary part of chest |
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| Definitions |
The upper ventral region of the torso of an organism. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000310 |
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| database_cross_reference |
Wikipedia:Breast BTO:0000149 galen:Breast MESH:D001940 SCTID:181131000 NCIT:C12971 CALOHA:TS-2083 UMLS:C0006141 EV:0100124 FMA:9601 GAID:33 |
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| definition |
The upper ventral region of the torso of an organism. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Closeup_of_female_breast.jpg |
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| has_exact_synonym |
mammary region mammary part of chest |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
mamma |
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| id |
UBERON:0000310 |
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| label |
breast |
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| notation |
UBERON:0000310 |
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| preferred label |
breast |
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| prefLabel |
breast |
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| taxon_notes |
The breasts of a female primate's body contain the mammary glands, which secrete milk used to feed infants. Both men and women develop breasts from the same embryological tissues. However, at puberty female sex hormones, mainly estrogens, promote breast development, which does not happen with men. As a result women's breasts become more prominent than men's. |
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