Skip navigation
URL of this page: //medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1075.htm

Female breast

Female Breast

Overview

The female breast is either of two mammary glands (organs of milk secretion) on the chest.

Review Date 10/17/2024

Updated by: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, MD, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.