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Your milk is made by many clusters of milk-producing cells which fill the back of your breast. From each of these clusters runs a tiny tube (duct) that carries the milk forward. The ducts empty milk into small pockets, called sinuses, beneath the areola. Each sinus narrows down to another tiny tube which goes to a nipple opening. You have about 15 to 20 of these openings.
Milk-Producing Breast Graphic of Milk Producing Breast Click image to enlarged.

 

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