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Breasts
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The breast is divided into 4 quadrants upper inner, upper outer, lower inner, lower outer. Tail of spence oes all the way under the arm pit
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Where are they located?
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Pectoralis major muscle, adipose tissue, suspensory ligaments, mammary glands
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What is puberty?
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rapid growth has the most rapid growth, breast nd nipple elevate to small mound, african americans females begin puberty a year and a half before white people
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Pregnancy
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Breast and nipple size enlarges, areola darkens, superficial veins may be present.
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Menopause
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Breast decrease in size
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Older adult
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Elongated, pendulous and flaccid (loosely hanging)
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Mastectomy
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the surgical removal of a breast, usually treat ment for breast cancer
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Fibrocystic
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Describes and unusual groth of fibrous that contains cystic spaces, occurring particularly in glandular tissue such as the breast. Fibrocystic disease of the pancreas is called cystic fibrosis
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Gynecomastia
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enlarged mans breast
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mastitis
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inflammation of a womans breast or an animals udder susually as result of bacterial infection
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