The breast is covered with skin (8) and it protects thelobules (3)that produce the milk, ducts(6)that carry the milk to the nipple comple(4) ,(5-areola), fibrous supportive connective tissue and fat (7). The fat and fibrous tissue varies in every woman accounting for the differences in breast composition.The breast is attached to the pectoralis muscle (2) and then to the chest wall(1).
The breasts change throughout the life of a woman from puberty through, child bearing and into menopause. The composition of the breasts will change based upon whether or not the breasts go through cycles of pregnancy, lactation and eventual involution with the ending of the menstrual cycle. complex, fibrous supportive connective tissue and fat. Breast-feeding has been associated with a decrease risk of breast cancer, and that link may be due to the “flushing” of cleansing of the ductal cells by the production and expression of human milk.
