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Milk Ejection
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Definition
: 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.
human & animal
See Also
Breast Milk Expression
Other names
Milk Let down; Ejection, Milk; Milk Let-
down