Mammary ducts

mammary ducts ~ ducts in the breast that carry milk to the lactiferous sinuses and the nipple.

4,5,6,7 The possibility that infants are colonized during delivery with bacteria harbored in throat and nasal sites that could later contaminate the milk in the mother's mammary ducts has been suggested.

See also: Breast Milk, Newborn, Genetic, Infection, Delivery