Anatomy of the Breast
These photographs reveal how important breast-feeding is to our children.
The female breasts support main biological purpose of reproduction. They provide nourishment, emotional and physical contentment, and protection from disease to her child by producing milk on demand. It also completes the motherhood experience after conceiving, carrying pregnancy for almost nine months and delivery of her child.
The NIPPLES on the BREASTS
The nipple and areola are located near the center of each breast. They most often have a darker color and texture that is different from that of the surrounding skin. Their color varies from light brown to black in Indian females, and darkens during pregnancy and lactation. Their texture can be smooth to wrinkled and bumpy. The nipple usually projects outward from the surface of the breast looks like small cylindrical button. The areola is like pigmented area surrounding the nipple. The size of both varies considerably from female to female, and some size variation is normal from breast to breast on the same female. The nipple and areola are composed of smooth muscle fibers and a dense network of nerve endings. Some nipples project inward or are flat with the surface of the breast. The later are referred to as inverted nipples and neither condition appears to negatively impact ability to breast-feed.
The nipples so often very sensitive to touch rewarded to a mother for nursing her children. Nature has built in a means of positive reinforcement that encourages mother to breast-feed their children. It may not be instinct alone that compels mother to care for their children. In addition, the uterine contractions resulting from nipple stimulation serve to cause the uterus to shrink rapidly in size. It just so happens that orgasms also involve uterine contractions. The connection between nipple stimulation, sexual arousal, and orgasm some female experience is no accident and its primary purpose is not sexual, even though that is how it frequently benefits a female.
The nipples become erect as the result of muscular contractions, not blood engorgement. Erect nipples are only one of the indications of sexual arousal. The nipples may become erect as a result of many forms of stimulation that are not sexual in nature, and even female's nipples may not be erect when she is sexually aroused. The area of the areola is populated by several oil producing glands. These glands may form raised bumps and be sensitive to menstrual cycle. These glands act to protect and lubricate the nipple during lactation.
IMPORTANT: Milk does not get produced unless and until a child is delivered after around nine month’s of pregnancy. If some fluid comes out of nipple of teenage and young girls, and if it is itchy having foul smell, then consult your mother and gynecologist.
