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''Innervation''
 
''Innervation''
* Sympathetic: Innervation to the blood vessels and teat sphincter smooth muscle via the '''genitofemoral nerve'''.
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* '''Sympathetic''': Innervation to the blood vessels and teat sphincter smooth muscle via the '''genitofemoral nerve'''.
* Somatic: Ventral rami of spinal nerves.  In the cow, spinal nerves L1-L4 and the pudendal nerve innervate the udder.
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* '''Somatic''': Ventral rami of spinal nerves.  In the cow, spinal nerves L1-L4 and the pudendal nerve innervate the udder.
 
Mammary glands are mainly under the influence of endocrine hormones.
 
Mammary glands are mainly under the influence of endocrine hormones.
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[[Image:Mammary Gland innervation.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center> Schematic showing the Innervation of the Bovine Udder(Courtesy of Proff.D.Kilroy (RVC))</center></small>]]
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