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** '''Teat Opening''': opening of the teat canal. The exit point for milk or entrance point for bacteria into the mammae.

* '''Sphincter''': muscular fibres surrounding the teat opening that prevent milk flow except during suckling or milking.

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~~'''''Suspensory apparatus'''''~~

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~~Organised into lateral and medial laminae which anchor the udder to the body wall by their attachment to the pubic symphysis.~~

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* '''Lateral Lamina''': collagen fibres from the fascia of the pubic symphysis and the edge of the superficial inguinal ring.

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* '''Medial Lamina''': elastic fibres from the tunica flava ventral to the pubic symphysis. Separates the udder into right and left halves.

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