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Anatomy of the Breast

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This chapter aims to describe breast anatomy and relate it to mammographic appearances where appropriate. Breasts are made up of fat and glandular tissue, with nerves, arteries and veins, and connective tissue that provides the support structure. Breast anatomy is such that the internal and external support structures enable the breast to be mobile inferiorly and at the lateral border. The superior and medial aspects are relatively fixed. This allows the breast to be positioned for mammography.

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  1. Breast Imaging, The Victoria Breast Unit, The Royal Oldham Hospital, Pennine Acute NHS Trust, Rochdale Road, Oldham, OL1 2JH, UK

    Alison J. Darlington (Consultant Radiographer)

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Correspondence to Alison J. Darlington .

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  1. University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom

    Peter Hogg

  2. Breast Care Unit, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chester, United Kingdom

    Judith Kelly

  3. The Nightingale Centre and Genesis Prevention Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester, Wythenshawe Hospital,, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Claire Mercer

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Darlington, A.J. (2015). Anatomy of the Breast. In: Hogg, P., Kelly, J., Mercer, C. (eds) Digital Mammography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04831-4_1

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