NIPPLE

• It is cone shaped prominence present in the centre of the breast.areola is present around the nipple.

• It is present in fourth intercoastal space.

• The nipple contain smooth muscle fibres and nerve supply.

• 15 to 20 lactiferous ducts opens at the nipple through which the baby suck the breast milk.

• When the newburn baby sucking the nipple. stimulations occur and there is release prolactin hermone which stimulates milk production.

• INVERTED NIPPLE

• It is a condition in which the nipple of the female pointing inward of the breast instead projecting outward

• The newburn baby can\’t suck properly breast milk.

• There is no need to treat inverted nipples.but there is some procedure to draw out the nipple.