Milk, its nature and composition : a handbook on the chemistry and bacteriology of milk, butter and cheese / by C. M. Aikman.

Date:
1895
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Credit: Milk, its nature and composition : a handbook on the chemistry and bacteriology of milk, butter and cheese / by C. M. Aikman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    8 inches in depth (Fleischmann). These milk-glands are provided with outlet tubes, which are commonly known as the teats. As a rule, each milk-gland is provided with two teats, but sometimes with three; the third, when present, however, being in what is scientifically termed a “rudimentary form.” The two glands are separated from one another by a Fig. 1.—Gland Lobules. Magnified 60 times, e. Outlet tube. (Fiirstenberg.) fibrous partition, running longitudinally, one of the chief functions of which is to support the udder. Each gland may be described as made up of a group of glandular structures, of different sizes, which are known as lobes, lobules, and alveoli, and each of which is smaller than the preceding one. The size of the alveoli varies from ’0047 to ’0078 of an inch in length, and from '0035 to ‘0043 of an inch in breadth (Fleischmann).
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