BREAST CANCER- BARRY BMS
EXAM STUDY SET
How many lobes are found in the breast? - ANSWER 12-20 lobes
What type of glands are in the breast? - ANSWER Compound tubuloalveolar exocrine
glands
What is the second leading cause of death in women? - ANSWER Breast cancer
T/F: Each lobule is 1 mammary gland. - ANSWER True
What are the lactiferous ducts of the mammary gland? - ANSWER The excretory ducts
that end in the nipple to release breast milk to the surface
Which of the following is not a reason why mammary glands undergo changes?
A. Age
B. Sex
C. Diet
D. Physiology - ANSWER C. Diet
What happens to the female breast at puberty? - ANSWER Elongation and branching of
duct system
During the breast during puberty, lobules develop from _____ to _____ - ANSWER
Periphery to center
Nulliparous woman = - ANSWER Woman who has not been pregnant
In nulliparous women, which type of lobule has rudimentary branching interlobular
ducts ? - ANSWER Type 1 lobule
Which type of lobule can be found in the first two years of life in some children? -
ANSWER Type 1 lobule
Which type of lobule in nulliparous women has progressive branching, increased
number of alveoli? - ANSWER Type 2 and 3 lobules
What controls type 2 & 3 lobules? - ANSWER Hormones
Which of the following is not a hormone found in pregnant women?
, A. Estrogen
B. Prolactin
C. Progesterone
D. Aldosterone - ANSWER D. Aldosterone
When are type 4 lobules present? - ANSWER During pregnancy
Which of the following is not present in type 4 lobules?
A. Significant branching
B. Increased development of lobular epithelial component
C. Controlled by hormones
D.Differentiation to begin synthesis of breast milk products - ANSWER C. Controlled by
hormones
When does massive apoptosis occur? - ANSWER Weaning
During weaning, what type of lobules do breast regress to? - ANSWER Type 2 & 3
lobules
T/F: Some type 1 lobules are present in weaning - ANSWER True
Which of the following does not occur to the female breast during menopause?
A. Further parenchymal involution
B. Apoptosis
C. Lobular structure becomes rudimentary
D. Stromal involution - ANSWER B. Apoptosis
________ act upon stromal cells?
A. Prolactin
B. Estrogens
C. Oxytocin
D. Progesterone - ANSWER B. Estrogens
Which hormones stimulate the elongation of the ducts ? - ANSWER Estrogen with
progesterone
T/F: Progesterone stimulates ductal morphogenesis - ANSWER False; estrogens
EXAM STUDY SET
How many lobes are found in the breast? - ANSWER 12-20 lobes
What type of glands are in the breast? - ANSWER Compound tubuloalveolar exocrine
glands
What is the second leading cause of death in women? - ANSWER Breast cancer
T/F: Each lobule is 1 mammary gland. - ANSWER True
What are the lactiferous ducts of the mammary gland? - ANSWER The excretory ducts
that end in the nipple to release breast milk to the surface
Which of the following is not a reason why mammary glands undergo changes?
A. Age
B. Sex
C. Diet
D. Physiology - ANSWER C. Diet
What happens to the female breast at puberty? - ANSWER Elongation and branching of
duct system
During the breast during puberty, lobules develop from _____ to _____ - ANSWER
Periphery to center
Nulliparous woman = - ANSWER Woman who has not been pregnant
In nulliparous women, which type of lobule has rudimentary branching interlobular
ducts ? - ANSWER Type 1 lobule
Which type of lobule can be found in the first two years of life in some children? -
ANSWER Type 1 lobule
Which type of lobule in nulliparous women has progressive branching, increased
number of alveoli? - ANSWER Type 2 and 3 lobules
What controls type 2 & 3 lobules? - ANSWER Hormones
Which of the following is not a hormone found in pregnant women?
, A. Estrogen
B. Prolactin
C. Progesterone
D. Aldosterone - ANSWER D. Aldosterone
When are type 4 lobules present? - ANSWER During pregnancy
Which of the following is not present in type 4 lobules?
A. Significant branching
B. Increased development of lobular epithelial component
C. Controlled by hormones
D.Differentiation to begin synthesis of breast milk products - ANSWER C. Controlled by
hormones
When does massive apoptosis occur? - ANSWER Weaning
During weaning, what type of lobules do breast regress to? - ANSWER Type 2 & 3
lobules
T/F: Some type 1 lobules are present in weaning - ANSWER True
Which of the following does not occur to the female breast during menopause?
A. Further parenchymal involution
B. Apoptosis
C. Lobular structure becomes rudimentary
D. Stromal involution - ANSWER B. Apoptosis
________ act upon stromal cells?
A. Prolactin
B. Estrogens
C. Oxytocin
D. Progesterone - ANSWER B. Estrogens
Which hormones stimulate the elongation of the ducts ? - ANSWER Estrogen with
progesterone
T/F: Progesterone stimulates ductal morphogenesis - ANSWER False; estrogens
