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breast
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The upper ventral region of the torso of an organism. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast ]
Term info
Label
breast
Synonyms
- mammary part of chest
- mammary region
Subsets
pheno_slim
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Closeup_of_female_breast.jpg
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
mamma
id
UBERON:0000310
taxon notes
The breasts of a female primate's body contain the mammary glands, which secrete milk used to feed infants. Both men and women develop breasts from the same embryological tissues. However, at puberty female sex hormones, mainly estrogens, promote breast development, which does not happen with men. As a result women's breasts become more prominent than men's.