Left hepatic Vein
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Lactation is the medical term for yielding of milk by the mammary glands which leads to breastfeeding. Human milk contains the ideal amount of nutrients for the infant, and provides important protection from diseases through the mother's natural defenses. Early in a woman's pregnancy her milk-producing glands begin to prepare for her baby's arrival, and by the sixth month of pregnancy the breasts are ready to produce milk. Immediately after the baby is born, the placenta is delivered. This causes a hormone in the woman's body (prolactin) to activate the milk-producing glands. By the third to fifth day, the woman's breasts fill with milk. Then, as the baby continues to suck each day, nursing triggers the continuing production of milk. The baby's sucking stimulates nerve endings in the nipple, which signal the mother's pituitary gland to release oxytocin, a hormone that causes the mammary glands to release milk to the nursing baby. This is called the ...
Head and Neck, MMED Anatomy, My Class notes, SR1
Head and Neck, MMED Anatomy, My Class notes, SR1 THE SKULL AND FACIAL BONES v THE SKULL VAULT Ø Bregma Ø Lambda Ø Pterion § Provides a surface marking for the anterior branch of the middle meningeal artery on lateral skull radiograph v THE SKULL BASE v INDIVIDUAL BONES OF THE SKULL BASE Ø Sella turcica or pituitary fossa Ø Tuberculum sella Ø Sulcus chiasmaticus Ø Anterior clinoid process Ø Dorsum Sellae § Posterior clinoid process § Lamina dura Ø Temporal Bone § Squamous part § Petrous part § Mastoid part § Styloid process Ø Zygomatic process Ø Foramen magnum v CRANIAL FOSSAE v FORAMINA OF THE SKULL BASE Ø Optic canals § The optic nerve and ophthalmic arteries § The optic foramen view Ø Superior orbital fissure § CN V1, III, IV, VI and the superior orbital vein and the muddle meningeal a...