breast BTO:0000149 CALOHA:TS-2083 EV:0100124 FMA:9601 GAID:33 MESH:D001940 NCIT:C12971 OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjV7ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA The breasts of a female primate's body contain the mammary glands, which secrete milk used to feed infants. Both men and women develop breasts from the same embryological tissues. However, at puberty female sex hormones, mainly estrogens, promote breast development, which does not happen with men. As a result women's breasts become more prominent than men's. The upper ventral region of the torso of an organism. UBERON:0000310 UMLS:C0006141 galen:Breast http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Closeup_of_female_breast.jpg mamma mammary part of chest mammary region uberon anatomical entity