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Milk Is Just Filtered Blood

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To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:

  • Mammal: Endothermic vertebrates that nurse their young.
  • Lactation: The secretion of milk by the mammary glands.
  • Mammary Gland: A cluster of alveoli and ducts that secretes milk.
  • Mammary Alveoli: The tiny sacs that are the site of milk production and storage in the mammary gland.
  • Oxytocin: A hormone released by the pituitary gland that - among other things - causes the milk ejection reflex during nursing.
  • Holstein: A large black and white cow known for the large quantities of milk it yields.


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