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Lactating mammary gland histology (40X)

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

A closer view of the lobuli. You can see that each lobule also look like a small net, and that is because every lobule consists of numerous acini. The acini that look almost white, are storing milk, while those looking more purple are producing milk.