Biomechanics of milk extraction during breast-feeding

How do infants extract milk during breast-feeding? We have resolved a century-long scientific controversy, whether it is sucking of the milk by subatmospheric pressure or mouthing of the nipple–areola complex to induce a peristaltic-like extraction mechanism. Breast-feeding is a dynamic process, whi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2014-04, Vol.111 (14), p.5230-5235
Hauptverfasser:	Elad, David, Kozlovsky, Pavel, Blum, Omry, Laine, Andrew F., Po, Ming Jack, Botzer, Eyal, Dollberg, Shaul, Zelicovich, Mabel, Sira, Liat Ben
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological Sciences Biomechanical Phenomena Biomechanics Breast Feeding breast milk Breastfeeding Breastfeeding & lactation Breasts deglutition Humans image analysis Imaging Infant Infant, Newborn infants jaws lips Mandible Mandible - physiology Milk milk ejection Milk, Human Models, Theoretical Mouth Nipples Nipples - physiology Palate Pressure Suckling Teats tongue Tongue - physiology ultrasonics Ultrasonography
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