Ibclc questions with 100% correct answers rated A+ 2024/2025

Embryo and neonate weeks 3-4 - correct answer A primitive milk streak running bilaterally from axilla to groin Embryo and neonate Weeks 4-5 - correct answer Milk streak becomes mammary milk ridge or milk line . Paired breasts develop from this line of glandular tissue Embryo and neonate weeks 7/8 - correct answer Thickening and inward growth into chest wall continue Embryo and neonate weeks 12-16 - correct answer Specialized cells differentiate into smooth muscle of nipple and areola - epithelial cells develop into mammary buds - epithelial branches form to eventually become alveoli Embryo and neonate weeks 15-25 - correct answer Epithelial strips are formed which represent future secretory alveoli - lactiferous ducts and their branches form and open into a shallow epithelial depression known as the mammary pit - the mammary pit becomes elevated forming the nipple and the areola - an inverted nipple results when the pit fails to elevate Embryo and neonate After 32 weeks - correct answer A lumen ( canal ) forms in each part of the branching system Embryo and neonate Near term - correct answer 15-25 mammary ducts form the fetal mammary gland