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This is a tiny part of the breast that makes milk. It looks like a bunch of grapes. The breast has millions of lobules in it. After the milk is made, it drains from the lobules to the nipple through milk pipes, called ducts.

See a picture of the anatomy of the breast, including the lobules.

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