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    Assessing Breasts and Lymphatic System

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    The breasts are composed of glandular, fibrous, and fatty tissue. The glandular tissue in females is responsible for milk production. The breasts extend from the second to sixth ribs and are divided into four quadrants by invisible lines. Most breast cancers develop in the upper outer quadrant closest to the armpit, which contains more glandular tissue. The axillary lymph nodes in the armpit drain lymph from the breasts and lateral chest/abdomen walls and help determine if breast cancer has spread.

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    Assessing Breasts and Lymphatic System

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    The breasts are composed of glandular, fibrous, and fatty tissue. The glandular tissue in females is responsible for milk production. The breasts extend from the second to sixth ribs and are divided into four quadrants by invisible lines. Most breast cancers develop in the upper outer quadrant closest to the armpit, which contains more glandular tissue. The axillary lymph nodes in the armpit drain lymph from the breasts and lateral chest/abdomen walls and help determine if breast cancer has spread.

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    The breasts are composed of glandular, fibrous, and fatty tissue. The glandular tissue in females is responsible for milk production. The breasts extend from the second to sixth ribs and are divided into four quadrants by invisible lines. Most breast cancers develop in the upper outer quadrant closest to the armpit, which contains more glandular tissue. The axillary lymph nodes in the armpit drain lymph from the breasts and lateral chest/abdomen walls and help determine if breast cancer has spread.

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    Assessing Breasts and Lymphatic System

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    The breasts are composed of glandular, fibrous, and fatty tissue. The glandular tissue in females is responsible for milk production. The breasts extend from the second to sixth ribs and are divided into four quadrants by invisible lines. Most breast cancers develop in the upper outer quadrant closest to the armpit, which contains more glandular tissue. The axillary lymph nodes in the armpit drain lymph from the breasts and lateral chest/abdomen walls and help determine if breast cancer has spread.

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    The key takeaways are the external and internal anatomy of the female breast including nipples, areolas, lobes, ducts, ligaments and lymph node drainage.

    The main components of the female breast are glandular tissue which allows for milk production, fibrous tissue which provides support, and fatty tissue which determines size and shape and embeds the glandular tissue.

    The breasts are divided into four quadrants by lines running vertically and horizontally through the nipple. The upper outer quadrant is significant because it contains the most glandular tissue and most breast cancers develop there.

    Assessing Breasts and Lymphatic System

    Structure and Function


    Breasts:

     Paired mammary glands


     Male and female breast are similar until puberty, when females breast tissue enlarges in
    response to the hormones estrogen and progesterone, which are release from the
    ovaries.
     Depending on their size and shape, the breast extend vertical from the second to the
    sixth rib and horizontally from the sternum to the mid-axillary line.
     Functions of female breasts: to produce and store milk that provides nourishment for
    newborns and aid in sexual simulation

     Male breasts have no functional

    BREAST STRUCTURE
    External Breast Anatomy

     Nipples – surrounds the nipple, contains tiny openings of the lactiferous ducts through
    which milk passes
     Areola – surround the nipple
    o Montgomery Glands – sebaceous gland within the area that secrete a protective
    lipid substance during lactation (1-2 cm radius)
     Hair Follicles – commonly appear around the areola
     Smooth muscle fibers into the areola cause the nipple to become more erectile during
    stimulation.
     The nipple and areola typically have darker pigment than the surrounding breast their
    color ranges from dark pink to dark brown, depending on the persons’s skin color
     During embryonic development, a milk line or ridge extends from each axilla to the groin
    area.
    Breast Quadrants

    The breasts are divided by an invisible line running up and down and right to left through
    the nipple. Each of these 4 regions is called a quadrant. Most breast cancers develop in the
    upper outer quadrant of the breast, closest to the armpit. This is because this area has a lot
    of glandular tissue.

    INTERNAL BREAST ANATOMY


     Female breasts consist of 3 types of tissue :
    o 1. Glandular tissue – functional part of the breast, allows milk production, lobes
    radiate in a circular fashion from the nipple.
    - Mammary Ducts – conveys milk to nipple.
    o 2. Fibrous tissue – consists of bands called
    - Cooper ligaments that provides support for granular tissue
    o 3. Fatty tissue – glandular tissue is embedded here
    - This determines size and shape of the breasts
    - Functional capability of the breast is not related to size but rather to the
    glandular tissue present
    Amount of glandular, fibrous and fatty tissue varies according to the factors including the
    client’s age body build, nutritional status, hormonal cycle, pregnancy or lactating
    Lymph Nodes
    The axillary lymph nodes or armpit lymph nodes drain lymph vessels from the lateral quadrants
    of the breast, the superficial lymph vessels from thin walls of the chest and the abdomen above the
    level of the navel, and the vessels from the upper limb.

    Major axillary lymph nodes consist of the ff:

    1. Anterior (pectoral) nodes: Drain the anterior chest wall and breasts
    2. Posterior (subscapular) nodes: chest wall and part of the arms are drained by the
    posterior nodes.
    3. Lateral nodes: drain most of the arms, and the central nodes receive drainage from the
    anterior, posterior and lateral lymph nodes
    4. Infraclavicular (deltopectoral) nodes: small proportion of the lymph flows into deeper
    nodes within the chest or abdomen
    5. Apical and pectoral nodes are located respectively on the upper lower part of the
    pectoralis minor a thin flat muscle of the chest
    6. Central axillary lymph nodes located inside the adipose tissue near the armpit’s base

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