loading...| Preferred Name | mammary gland | |
| Synonyms |
lobe of breast milk patch lobe of mammary gland glandula mammaria Brustdruese dug mamma mammae lactiferous gland |
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| Definitions |
A specialized accessory gland of the skin of mammals that secretes milk. The gland is typically only developed in females, and regresses in males. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001911 |
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| database_cross_reference |
NCIT:C12367 CALOHA:TS-0595 MIAA:0000073 BTO:0000817 VHOG:0000398 UMLS:C0929301 EMAPA:17759 Wikipedia:Mammary_gland MAT:0000073 EFO:0000854 MESH:D008321 SCTID:361720005 EV:0100125 FMA:286452 MA:0000145 |
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| definition |
A specialized accessory gland of the skin of mammals that secretes milk. The gland is typically only developed in females, and regresses in males. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Illu_breast_anatomy.jpg |
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| editor note |
Originally this was classified as a female reproductive structure, as it was in the MP in 2011 |
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| external_definition |
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] |
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| external_ontology_notes |
The MA class represents a composite structure, including the nipple, fat, connective tissue, smooth muscle as parts The FMA class represents an individule lobe. The nipple is not a part The BTO class represents the combination of nipple plus lobe |
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| has_exact_synonym |
glandula mammaria lactiferous gland |
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| has_narrow_synonym |
lobe of breast milk patch |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
lobe of mammary gland glandula mammaria Brustdruese dug mamma mammae |
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| has_relational_adjective |
mammary |
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| homology_notes |
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] |
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UBERON:0001911 |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#organ_slim |
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| label |
mammary gland |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001911 |
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| preferred label |
mammary gland |
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| prefLabel |
mammary gland |
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| taxon_notes |
A mouse mammary gland contains a single duct or sinus, forming 5-10 secondary ducts 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 |
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