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What is the function of male breasts?

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There is no function for them that we know of. It's just that the genes for making breasts are present in all humans, male as well as female. In order for males not to have breasts, there would have had to be some additional mutation which would deactivate these genes completely in males. read more

Fine needle aspiration (FNA) breast biopsy: A doctor inserts a thin needle into an abnormal-appearing area of the breast and draws out (aspirates) fluid and breast tissue. This is the simplest type of biopsy and is mostly used for lumps that can be easily felt in the breast. read more

The term breast is less commonly used to refer to the breasts of the human male, which neither function nor develop. At the tip of each breast is an area called the areola, usually reddish in color; at the center of this area is the nipple. read more

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