NURS 8020 BREAST AND AXILLA TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When does breast development begin? ANSWER: 5th week of gestation
Why newborns may have palpable breast tissue at birth - ANSWER: Maternal
estrogen
ANSWER: Shape of nipples shortly after birth. Depressed
Reasons for nipple discharge in newborns: ANSWER Increasing prolactin
levels during lactation.
ANSWER: Estrogen is the hormone that stimulates female breast alteration and
development.
Age of breast development in adolescence: 8-13 years.
Stage 1 of breast development involves no breast development and only an
elevated nipple.
Stage 2 of breast development is the breast bud stage, which involves elevating
the breast as a tiny mound.
- Widening of the areola diameter
In stage 3 of breast growth, the breast and areola enlarge, but there is no
separation in shape between the breast and nipple/areola.
Stage 4 of breast growth - ANSWER: The nipple and areola form a second
mound above the level of the breast.
In stage 5 of breast growth, the nipple is the solitary projection, and the areola
no longer serves as a second mound like in stage 4.
Difference between male and female breasts - ANSWER Male breasts lack
lobules.
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