Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 114-116, March 2010

Anatomy of the breast

Harold Ellis CBE FRCS FRCOG is Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University of London (Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School). He is Clinical Anatomist in the Division of Anatomy at King's College (Guy's campus), London, UK

Abstract 

This contribution discusses the basic anatomy of the breast.

Keywords: Areola, axillary artery, breast mound, intercostal artery, internal thoracic artery, lymphatics, mammary ridge, nipple, pectoralis major, supraclavicular nodes

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PII: S0263-9319(09)00279-8

doi:10.1016/j.mpsur.2009.11.003

Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 114-116, March 2010

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