NALT

Preferred term

milk ejection

Topic

Expulsion of milk from the mammary alveolar lumen, which is surrounded by a layer of milk-secreting epithelial cells and a network of myoepithelial cells. Contraction of the myoepithelial cells is regulated by neuroendocrine signals.

lactation

milk let-down
milk letdown

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

23676

Spanish

eyección láctea
bajada de la leche
eyección de leche

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/48739

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 1/14/13