How to Use mammary gland in a Sentence

mammary gland

noun

• Levels also were high in the mammary glands of two mice – even though the mice were not lactating.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
• Levels also were high in the mammary glands of two mice — even though the mice were not lactating.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2024
• The mammary glands dribbled yellow milk.
  — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
• Although both are produced by the mammary glands, colostrum and breast milk serve different functions.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2025
• Mammals are a class of animals so named because their young are kept alive with milk produced by the mammary glands of the females.
  — James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2019
• But her initial studies of mice proved disappointing — their left and right mammary glands didn’t seem to differ at all.
  — Tim Vernimmen, Quanta Magazine, 31 Jan. 2017
• Instead, it’s primarily found in the mammary glands, and therefore in the milk the cows produce.
  — Alice Park, TIME, 12 July 2024
• However, raw milk is extremely risky because the virus replicates in cows’ mammary glands.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2025
• Research suggests that incredible amounts of virus are shed in infected cows’ mammary glands, so the virus could spread through raw milk.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
• Colostrum is a nutrient-dense substance produced in the mammary glands of mammals within the first few days after giving birth.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
• Testosterone enanthate is also approved for use in females for treating mammary gland cancer.
  — Femi Aremu, Verywell Health, 11 Oct. 2024
• While mammals feed their young milk from their mammary glands, birds possess no such gland, WorldAtlas explains.
  — Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2022
• Kittens perform the same motion on their mothers’ mammary glands, which helps to stimulate the production of milk.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
• Could the connection between the intestines and mammary gland point to the importance of dieting?
  — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
• Colostrum is the first nourishment expressed from the mammary glands of a mammal, immediately and up to a few days after giving birth.
  — Antara Sinha, Bon Appétit, 21 Mar. 2024
• The dairy cow outbreak has uncovered a fact that had been seen before but not widely noted — mammary glands are susceptible to flu viruses.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 9 May 2024
• Scientists think the virus likely spreads between farm animals through raw milk, because infected cows shed large amounts of the virus through their mammary glands.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
• Meanwhile, the mama dog arrived at the shelter in rough shape, in need of food and treatment for mastitis, or inflammation in her mammary glands.
  — Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2025
• At the time of the confirmation, the ewe had symptoms of the infection in the way of mastitis, inflammation of the mammary glands.
  — Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2025
• Bird flu appears to spread efficiently on dairy farms, likely because cows shed the virus through their mammary glands, then infect other animals through their raw milk.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2025
• The virus targets the mammary gland's milk-secreting epithelial cells, causing painful infections in the udder.
  — Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2025
• As estrogen decreases, mammary glands shrink and breasts tend to lose firmness, according to Penn Medicine.
  — Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2023
• My research focuses on generating mammary gland organoids from a variety of mammalian species.
  — Gat Rauner, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2024
• In previous reports, farmers and researchers have noted that the virus appears to attack the animal's mammary glands and their milk is teeming with the virus.
  — Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2025
• During a routine, two-day visit in August of that year, inspectors noted that one female beagle had an orange-sized mass on her mammary gland.
  — Lizzie Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022
• Researchers have identified a number of spots where the viruses can hide - not only eyes and testes but also the brain, the placenta and vaginal fluids as well as the mammary glands.
  — NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
• Colostrum is the fluid created by mammary glands after pregnancy and before breastfeeding.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
• Unfortunately, cancer in the mammary glands (similar to breast cancer in humans) can also occur in both male and female dogs.
  — Texas A&m University, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2018
• Research has shown the highest traces of bird flu virus detected on the cow are around its mammary glands and in the milk itself, said Davis, a former dairy veterinarian.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
• The most common carrier is a rodent of the Mastomys species, 4 to 7 inches long and with 24 mammary glands.
  — Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 16 Feb. 2018