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Mammary glands

Mammary gland

(Science: anatomy) milk producing gland of female mammals. An adapted sweat Gland, it is made up of milk producing alveolar cells, surrounded by contractile myoepithelial cells, together with considerable numbers of fat cells. Milk production is hormonally controlled.


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Chipmunk: Species identification

... Notochords and nerve chords -Mammalia: middle ear bones, hair, mammary glands -Rodentia: specialized teeth -Sciuridae: skull structure -Tamias: pouched cheeks

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by nbenvenuto
Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:06 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Chipmunk: Species identification
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mammary gland of male in mammals

mammary glands in male human beings r said to be vestigial because they r functional in male prototherians{1st class in mammalia} ...

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by teja
Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:07 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: mammary gland of male in mammals
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mammary gland of male in mammals

Actually, if we go nitpicking here, mammary glands aren't completely inoperative in males, one could say that they are rather "dormant" ...

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by biohazard
Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:55 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: mammary gland of male in mammals
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mammary gland of male in mammals

... it's just functional in only one gender. Males don't really have mammary glands - just nipples with pectoral muscles under them, and a fat-storage site.

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by Darby
Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:04 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: mammary gland of male in mammals
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Living species first classified from discovery of bones?

... their unique teeth are what makes a mammal a mammal (oh yeh, and mammary glands). Your correspondant is well out of depth with this one I think...

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by kotoreru
Tue May 15, 2007 12:31 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Living species first classified from discovery of bones?
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