mammary bud
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005333
A bulb of epithelial cells that forms from the mammary placode that develops into the mammary gland. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: mammary gland bud, lactiferous gland bud
Term info
produced along the length of the embryonic mammary ridge these buds represent the future locations of the mammary glands. Invagination of ectoderm at each bud leads to the development of epithelial diverticula, later maturing as lactiferous ducts
milk bud, mammary primordium
UBERON:0004181
uberon
UBERON:0005333
Term relations
- ecto-epithelium
- epithelial bud
- transformation of some mammary placode
- develops from some mammary placode