Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical ProfessionBreastfeeding is a comprehensive clinical resource providing the information necessary to manage a nursing mother and child from conception through complete weaning. It will empower clinicians to provide thoughtful counseling and guidance to the breastfeeding family, stressing the importance of delivering care that is customized to each family's individual needs. The new fifth edition incorporates the latest information on infection, drugs in human breast milk, and human lactation. By utilizing scientific, evidence-based data, Breastfeeding is an indispensable reference for anyone whose patients include breastfeeding women. |
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... Mammary gland in longitudinal cross section. 2 GROSS ANATOMY The mammary gland , as the breast is medi- cally termed , got its name from mamma , the Latin word for breast . The human mammary gland undergoes three major phases of growth ...
... Mammary gland in longitudinal cross section. 2 GROSS ANATOMY The mammary gland , as the breast is medi- cally termed , got its name from mamma , the Latin word for breast . The human mammary gland undergoes three major phases of growth ...
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... gland is sparse and contains only sympathetic nerves . accompanying blood vessels ( see Fig . 2-15 ) . MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY After many decades of neglect since the phylogenic studies of the mammary gland in the 1800s and early 1900s , the ...
... gland is sparse and contains only sympathetic nerves . accompanying blood vessels ( see Fig . 2-15 ) . MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY After many decades of neglect since the phylogenic studies of the mammary gland in the 1800s and early 1900s , the ...
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... mammary gland The mammary gland is a compound tu- buloalveolar gland containing 15 to 25 irregu- lar lobes radiating from the nipple . Each lobe has a lactiferous duct ( 2 to 4 mm in diameter ) lined by stratified squamous epithelium ...
... mammary gland The mammary gland is a compound tu- buloalveolar gland containing 15 to 25 irregu- lar lobes radiating from the nipple . Each lobe has a lactiferous duct ( 2 to 4 mm in diameter ) lined by stratified squamous epithelium ...
Contents
Breastfeeding in modern medicine | 1 |
Anatomy of the human breast | 37 |
Physiology of lactation | 59 |
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