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Descriptor English:   Breast 
Descriptor Spanish:   Mama 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Mama 
Tree Number:   A01.236
Definition English:   In humans, one of the paired regions in the anterior portion of the THORAX. The breasts consist of the MAMMARY GLANDS, the SKIN, the MUSCLES, the ADIPOSE TISSUE, and the CONNECTIVE TISSUES. 
Indexing Annotation English:   human only; animal is MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; /surg: consider also MASTECTOMY & MAMMAPLASTY; inflammation = MASTITIS; tuberc of breast = MASTITIS (IM) + TUBERCULOSIS (IM), not TUBERCULOSIS, ENDOCRINE; self-examination = BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION
Consider also terms at English:   MAMMA- and MAST- 
Entry Combination - descr/qualif English:   Breast/radiography use Mammography
Breast/ultrasonography use Ultrasonography, Mammary
 
See Related English:   Lactation
Mammaplasty
Mammary Glands, Animal
Mammography
Mastectomy
 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
abnormalities anatomy & histology
blood supply chemistry
cytology drug effects
embryology enzymology
growth & development immunology
injuries innervation
metabolism microbiology
pathology physiology
physiopathology parasitology
radiation effects radionuclide imaging
secretion surgery
transplantation ultrastructure
virology  
Record Number:   1965 
Unique Identifier:   D001940 

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