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Mammary Gland - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
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* '''Suspensory Apparatus''': organised into lateral and medial laminae which suspend the mammary gland from the ventral aspect of the trunk by their attachment to the pubic symphysis.[[Image:Mammary gland suspensory apparatus|thumb|right|150px|Schematic Showing the Suspensory Apparatus of the Mammary Gland - Copyright RVC 2008]]
* '''Suspensory Apparatus''': organised into lateral and medial laminae which suspend the mammary gland from the ventral aspect of the trunk by their attachment to the pubic symphysis.
** '''Lateral Lamina''': collagen fibres from the fascia of the pubic symphysis and the edge of the superficial inguinal ring.
** '''Lateral Lamina''': collagen fibres from the fascia of the pubic symphysis and the edge of the superficial inguinal ring.
** '''Medial Lamina''': elastic fibres from the tunica flava ventral to the pubic symphysis. Extend between mamillary complexes.
** '''Medial Lamina''': elastic fibres from the tunica flava ventral to the pubic symphysis. Extend between mamillary complexes.
** '''Intermammary groove''': divides left and right rows of mammary complexes.
** '''Intermammary groove''': divides left and right rows of mammary complexes.
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* '''Abdominal and Inguinal mammary complexes''': drain into '''caudal superficial epigastric veins'''.
* '''Abdominal and Inguinal mammary complexes''': drain into '''caudal superficial epigastric veins'''.
** Open into '''external pudendal vein'''.
** Open into '''external pudendal vein'''.
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