A specialized accessory gland of the skin of mammals that secretes milk. The gland is typically only developed in females, and regresses in males. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000817 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammary_gland ]
Synonyms: lactiferous gland glandula mammaria
Term information
- Wikipedia:Mammary_gland
- SCTID:361720005
- FMA:286452
- EFO:0000854
- VHOG:0000398
- EV:0100125
- CALOHA:TS-0595
- BTO:0000817
- MIAA:0000073
- NCIT:C12367
- MESH:D008321
- MAT:0000073
- MA:0000145
- EMAPA:17759
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- gland
- exocrine gland of integumental system
- ectoderm-derived structure
- capable of some lactation
- produces some milk
- develops from some mammary bud