Milk Ejection
"Milk Ejection" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D008893
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.702.500.460 G08.686.785.420.460
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| Concept/Terms |
Milk Ejection- Milk Ejection
- Ejection, Milk
- Milk Let-down
- Milk Let down
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