KROK 1 2015 – Question 33 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
Doctors make mostly radial incisions during mammary gland surgery. What particulars of anatomical organization make such surgical technique preferable?
- A. Lobe bases radiate from nipples
- B. Transversal position of gland lobes
- C. Vertical position of gland lobes
- D. Lobe apexes converge towards nipples
- E. -
Hint
Think about how the gland’s secretory units and their excretory ducts are arranged, and which direction of cut would sever the fewest of them.
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