The Lactating Breast

The illustration shows a drawing of a woman's breast and the positions of the alveoli, ducts, sacs, nipple opening, and areola.

The caption reads: When the baby sucks, a hormone called oxytoxin starts the milk flowing from the alveoli, through the ducts (milk canals), into the sacs (milk pools) behind the areola, and finally into the baby's mouth.

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