mammary gland cord
The solid cord of epithelial cells that emerges from the mammary bud and grows down from the primary mammary mesenchyme and into a second stromal compartment, the fat pad precursor, beneath the dermis. [ ]
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mammary gland cord
- lactiferous gland cord
- mammary cord
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mammary sprout
UBERON:0004182
in female mouse embryos, the primary mammary cord (aka 'mammary sprout') is formed between E15.5 and E16.5; once the primary cord reaches the adipocytes of the fat pad (around E16), it begins to branch in a characteristic dichotomous fashion to form the initial ductal tree
Term relations
- epithelium of mammary gland
- epithelial layer of duct
- epithelial cord
- part of some mammary duct
- develops_from some mammary bud