Breast and Axillae

Question 1

Areola

Answer 1

pigmented area surrounding the nipple

Question 2

Colostrum

Answer 2

a clear or milky fluid that is expressed from the breast before milk production

Question 3

Cooper ligaments

Answer 3

a band of subcutaneous fibrous tissue that provides support to the breast

Question 4

Duct ectasia

Answer 4

a benign condition of the sub-areolar ducts that can cause a nipple drainage

Question 5

Fibroadenoma

Answer 5

a benign tumor of the breast

Question 6

Fibrocystic disease

Answer 6

a benign condition that presents with fluid-filled cyst due to ductal enlargement that is usually bilateral and multiple

Question 7

Galactorrhea

Answer 7

lactation not associated with childbearing

Question 8

Gynecomastia

Answer 8

abnormally large mammary glands in the male; sometimes may excrete milk

Question 9

Intraductal papillomas

Answer 9

benign tumors of the subareolar ducts that produce a nipple discharge

Question 10

Lactation

Answer 10

the production and secretion of milk from the breast

Question 11

Mastitis

Answer 11

inflammation of the breast

Question 12

Mastodynia

Answer 12

pain in the chest

Question 13

Montgomery follicles

Answer 13

tiny sebaceous glands that may appear on the areola

Question 14

Paget disease

Answer 14

skin manifestations that are indicative of ductal carncinoma

Question 15

Peau d’orange

Answer 15

skin changes of the breast due to edema caused by blockage of the lymph drainage associated with inflammatory breast cancer

Question 16

Tail of Spence

Answer 16

area where most malignancies of the breast tissue occurs

Question 17

Thelarche

Answer 17

the beginning of female pubertal breast development