National Nursing Review : Nursing Study Resources & Health Tips

Breast milk is produced from a unique type of glands located in the body of a woman named as mammary glands. These glands are a rich capillary network connection connective and fatty tissues in the interior of the breast. Milk is produced in small groups of fat cells or pouch-like glands called alveoli.

These cells are connected to milk ducts through which milk passes and stored breast milk or reservoirs. These deposits are located just behind the pigmented area around the nipple called the areola. (more…)