MAMMARY GLAND ANATOMY

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Across
  1. 5. __________ cells: Smooth muscle cell types that surround the epithelial cells of the alveoli
  2. 6. Hormone responsible for milk synthesis
  3. 8. __________ suspensory ligaments: The elastic mammary ligaments that are able to stretch
  4. 10. The process of initiation of milk secretion
  5. 12. Smallest functional unit of the mammary gland
  6. 13. The teat ________ : The cavity inside the teat which is the holding chamber where milk accumulates before it is removed through the teat and during milking.
  7. 14. The major carbohydrate in milk
Down
  1. 1. __________ ringfolds: Ringfolds between the teat cistern and gland cistern
  2. 2. The cells that line the streak canal contains this substance. It is a waxy substance similar to ear wax.
  3. 3. Hormone responsible for milk letdown
  4. 4. Teat ________ : The first external opening of the teat
  5. 7. __________ suspensory ligaments: The fibrous mammary ligaments that are less able to stretch
  6. 8. The process of mammary gland development
  7. 9. Rosette of ________ : A star like structure located directly above the streak canal, made up of loose folds of membrane that smooth out as milk accumulates in the udder.
  8. 11. __________ cistern: Opens directly into the teat cistern, functions for milk storage as it holds 100-400 ml and a collecting vessel for milk from the major milk ducts that flow into it.
  9. 13. Streak or Teat ________ : Closed by a sphincter muscle (ring/circular muscle)