MadSci Network: Anatomy
Query:

Re: What are the bumps around some women's nipples called and what are they for

Date: Sat May 27 21:11:55 2000
Posted By: Erin Cram, Grad student, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of CA, Berkeley
Area of science: Anatomy
ID: 959347414.An
Message:


Interesting question!

I found your answer at:
http://www.phys.com/health/breasthealth/anatomy/structure/elements/elements.html

and, I quote from it here:

While the skin covering the breast is smoother, thinner, and more translucent 
than on most of the rest of the body, the areola's skin is even thinner and has 
complex sweat glands and sebaceous glands (which secrete an oily lubricating 
substance called sebum) and hair follicles. The surface of the areola is marked 
by a number of small bumps called the tubercles of Montgomery. These are sweat 
and sebaceous glands that become more prominent in the second half of the 
menstrual cycle and grow throughout pregnancy. 

Erin




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