The Comprehensive Breast Health Center is committed to patient education. Our goal is to provide you with the information you need to make the health care decisions and choices that are best for you. Our physicians and nurses are here to answer all of your questions.
Patient education is a key component of all our care plans and that is why our resource room, located in the Center, has videos, pamphlets and books on breast health as well as models on which to practice a breast self-exam. We also hold information sessions in both English and Spanish .
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The Breast
Each breast has 15 to 20 sections called lobes (see Figure 1). Within each lobe are many smaller lobules. Lobules end in dozens of tiny bulbs that can produce milk. The lobes, lobules, and bulbs are all linked by thin tubes called ducts. These ducts lead to the nipple in the center of a dark area of skin called the areola.
Fat surrounds the lobules and ducts. There are small muscles in the nipple and areola which aide the process of nipple erection for lactation. In addition, the pectoralis muscles lie under each breast and cover the ribs.
Each breast also contains blood vessels and lymph channels, which exist outside the ducts and lobules in the surrounding fat tissue. The lymph vessels carry clear, whitish fluid calledlymph and lead to small bean-shaped lymphnodes. As a part of the immune system, the nodes filter out germs and foreign matter. Clusters of lymph nodes are found near the breast in the axilla (under the arm), above the collarbone, and in the chest. Lymph nodes also are found in many other parts of the body.
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