- | Page
Certified Breastfeeding Counselor QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
Question 1: Where does breast tissue normally develop?
CORRECT ANSWER : Along the breast line - located from
under the arms down to the groin
Question 2: What are the 3 stages of early breast development?
CORRECT ANSWER: 1. In utero 2. First 2 months of life 3.
Puberty
Question 3: Breast development during menstruation
CORRECT ANSWER : - Estrogen: Induces Ductal System
development - Progesterone: Induces Lobular-Alveolar
development
Question 4: What is Lactogenesis?
CORRECT ANSWER : The initiation of milk production
Question 5: How many stages of Lactogensis are there?
CORRECT ANSWER : 4
- | Page
Question 6: What stages of Lactogenesis occur during
pregnancy?
CORRECT ANSWER : 1 and 2
Question 7: Lactogenesis 1
CORRECT ANSWER : Ductal and Lobular-Alveolar systems
grow at an accelerated rate (influenced by hormones) - breasts enlarge - high progesterone levels cause an increase in alveoli - colostrum begins to produce in the alveoli
Question 8: When does Lactogenesis 1 occur?
CORRECT ANSWER : around 16 weeks
Question 9: Lactogenesis 2
CORRECT ANSWER : The placenta is released from the uterus
and progesterone levels drop - this causes the alveolar cells to begin to release milk and allows them to continue to produce more milk
Question 10: How long does Lactogenesis 2 last?
CORRECT ANSWER : 2-4 days
- | Page
Question 11: What are the 5 main areas of the breast?
CORRECT ANSWER : - Upper Inner - Lower Inner - Upper
Outer - Lower Outer - Tail of Spence
Question 12: What are the 2 types of breast tissue and what are
they composed of?CORRECT ANSWER : - Parenchyma: ductal and lobular-
alveolar structures - Strom: connective tissue (fat, vascular,
nerve, lymphatic)
Question 13: What is an Alveolus
CORRECT ANSWER : Small cavity where milk is produced
and stored - made of epithelial cells
Question 14: What are Alveoli?
CORRECT ANSWER : multiple alveolus
Question 15: What is the Intra-lobular duct?
CORRECT ANSWER : Connects a lobule to the lactiferous
ducts
- | Page
Question 16: What is a Mammary Lobule?
CORRECT ANSWER : 10-100 alveoli combined together
Question 17: What are Lactiferous Ducts?
CORRECT ANSWER : connects mammary lobules/intra-lobular
ducts to the nipple
Question 18: Breast Anatomy
Question 19: What surrounds the breast tissue?
CORRECT ANSWER : Fat Nerves Lymph Tissue Vascular
Network Myoepithelial Cells
Question 20: What is the purpose of the Myoepithelial cells?
CORRECT ANSWER : They surround the alveolus and contract
(like a muscle) - pushes milk out into the ducts
Question 21: What is the purpose of the Vascular Network
surrounding breast tissue?