See Also: Montgomery's follicles(medicine)
Montgomery (of Alamein), Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount(encyclopedia)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Follicles(health)
gastric follicles(medicine)
sebaceous follicles(medicine)
intestinal follicles(medicine)
solitary follicles(medicine)
lingual follicles(medicine)
Lieberkuhn's follicles(medicine)

Montgomery's follicles (medicine)


Montgomery's follicles -->
areolar glands


A number of small mammary glands forming small rounded projections from the surface of the areola of the breast; they enlarge with pregnancy and during lactation secrete a substance presumed to resist chapping.

Synonym: glandulae areolares, Montgomery's follicles, Montgomery's glands.