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• Breast reconstruction — is the rebuilding of a breast, usually in women. It involves using autologous tissue or prosthetic material to construct a natural looking breast. Often this includes the reformation of a natural looking areola and nipple. This procedure involves …   Wikipedia

• Breast cancer — Classification and external resources Mammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a cancerous breast (right). ICD 10 C …   Wikipedia

• Breast implant — A breast implant is a prosthesis used to enlarge the size of a woman s breasts (known as breast augmentation, breast enlargement, mammoplasty enlargement, augmentation mammoplasty or the common slang term boob job) for cosmetic reasons; to… …   Wikipedia

• Breast — The milk engorged breast of a pregnant woman …   Wikipedia

• Breast cancer treatment — The mainstay of breast cancer treatment is surgery when the tumor is localized, with possible adjuvant hormonal therapy (with tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor), chemotherapy, and/or radiotherapy. At present, the treatment recommendations after …   Wikipedia

• muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …   Universalium

• breast cancer — Malignant tumour in a breast, usually in women after menopause. Risk factors include family history of breast cancer, prolonged menstruation, late first pregnancy (after age 30), obesity, alcohol use, and some benign tumours. Most breast cancers… …   Universalium

• Breast augmentation — Enlargement of the breasts. Augmentation of the breast typically consists of insertion of a silicone bag (prosthesis) under the breast (submammary) or under the breast and chest muscle (subpectoral) and then filling the bag with saline (salt… …   Medical dictionary

• breast implant — A silicone gel filled or saline filled sac placed under the chest muscle to restore breast shape …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• Gracilis muscle — Muscle infobox Name = Gracilis muscle Latin = musculus gracilis GraySubject = 128 GrayPage = 471 Caption = The gracilis and nearby muscles Caption2 = Gracilis labeled at center right. Origin = ischiopubic ramus Insertion = tibia (pes anserinus)… …   Wikipedia

• Pectoralis major muscle — Pectoralis major Pectoralis major Gray s subject #122 436 …   Wikipedia