Preferred Name |
breast |
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Definitions |
Note that many transmasculine and nonbinary individuals use the term chest to refer to this area. One of two hemispheric projections of variable size situated in the subcutaneous layer over the pectoralis major muscle on either side of the chest. |
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ID |
http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma9601 |
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Note that many transmasculine and nonbinary individuals use the term chest to refer to this area. |
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alternate name |
http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma268893 breasts |
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definition |
In humans, one of the paired regions in the anterior portion of the thorax. The breasts consist of the mammary glands, the skin, the muscles, the adipose tissue, and the connective tissues. The upper ventral region of the torso of an organism. Region of pectoral part of chest, each instance of which is the modified, glandular structure on some anterior chest and which has as its parts some nipple, areola, breast proper. One of two hemispheric projections of variable size situated in the subcutaneous layer over the pectoralis major muscle on either side of the chest. |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
611.49 |
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http://homosaurus.org/v2/breasts |
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breast |
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breast |
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