What is the function of the lactiferous ducts?

Answer 1

Each breast contains a cluster of alveoli or sacs in which milk is produced. The alveoli release the milk into ducts, which work like pipes to take the milk to the nipples Mammary glands produce milk in mammals.

Answer 2

Lactiferous ducts are responsible for carrying milk from the milk-producing lobules of the mammary glands to the nipple, where it can be expressed during breastfeeding. Their role is to transport milk to the baby efficiently through the nipple.

Answer 3

It serves no purpose. Most male mammals have mammary glands, but they're non-functional. In the early stages of embryonic development all mammalian embryos are anatomically female, until around the 8th week when male embryos change. - Kristen

Answer 4

The function of mammary glands in any female mammal is for feeding any offspring that they produce. Mammary glands produce milk. In humans, for instance, mammary glands are known as breasts. Since rats are mammals, female rats lactate (produce milk) and nurse (feed one's young using breasts) just like cows, goats, humans, pigs, and other mammals.

Answer 5

Mammals nurse their young, but to be more precise only the females nurse the young. And the glands that secrete the milk are called mammary glands. To produce milk.

Answer 6

They do not have much of a function as a baby. But they will grow to help the pig feed babies later on.

Answer 7

The mammary papillae can also be referred to as the mammary gland or the teat.

Answer 8

any of the milk-carrying ducts of the mammary gland that open on the nipple

Answer 9

Mammary glands produce milk to feed the growing baby - whether that's a human, kitten, horse or seal.

Answer 10

To produce milk to feed babies.