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mammary ridge (medicine)


mammary ridge


Bandlike thickening of ectoderm in the embryo extending on either side from just below the axilla to the inguinal region; in human embryos, the mammary glands arise from primordia in the thoracic part of the ridge, the balance of the ridge disappearing; in some lower mammals which give birth to a litter of young, several milk glands develop along these lines.

Synonym: mammary fold, milk line, milk ridge.


protrude (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: protrudere, from trudere 'to push']
to stick out from somewhere
protrude from
::The envelope was protruding from her bag.