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breast (brest) the front of the chest, especially the modified cutaneous, glandular structure found there. In women the breasts are secondary sex organs with the function of producing milk after childbirth. The term breast is less commonly used to refer to this area of the chest of males; in males glandular tissue neither functions nor develops. At the tip of each breast is an area called the areola, usually reddish in color; at the center of that is the nipple. In females, numerous lactiferous ducts carry milk to the surface and empty into a depression at the top of the nipple. Along their length, the ducts have widened areas that form reservoirs for storage of milk. The ducts, along with the lobes and lobules that secrete the milk, form the glandular tissue of the breasts and are covered by connective tissue sheathed in a layer of fatty tissue that gives the breast its smooth outline and contributes to its size and firmness. Called also mamma. chicken breast
pectus carinatum. caked breast
stagnation mastitis. funnel breast
pectus excavatum. pigeon breast
pectus carinatum.
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