Name the Secretory Structures That Produce Milk in a Lactating

question 31

Multiple Choice

Name the secretory structures that produce milk in a lactating female.

• A) Lactiferous sinuses
• B) Lactiferous ducts
• C) Alveolar glands
• D) Areolar glands
• E) Bartholin glands

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