Another important organ that is not only involved in the human reproductive cycle but also involved in the development of the child following childbirth is the human female breast. And this will be the focus of this lecture. So we're going to begin by briefly focusing on the anatomy of the breast and then we're going to focus on its function. So let's begin by taking the following, by looking at the following diagram that describes the cross section of one of the female human breasts. Now, to the right of the actual breast we have the ribcage and these are the ribs shown in brown. Now connecting the ribs are the inter custardal muscles shown in red.