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Lactating mammary gland histology (400X)

Microimage
Image copyright: University of Oslo, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. (Tissue stain: H+E).

Here's a close up of the acini. Remember the white ones are in a phase of storage (contains milk), the other ones are in a state of production, thereby having a smalle lumen sooon to be filled with milk. Each acinus is sorrounded by myoepithelial cells which compress the acini during milk ejection.