2007-04-23 08:14:25 · 7 answers · asked by liketotally 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
i dont think i have any
2007-04-23 08:28:02 · update #1
There are several kinds of nipple.
The one we all know and love is the one at the end of the female breast (and the vestigial one on the male chest). It is a protruberance (sticking out bit) which has small orifices through which milk can be sucked by an infant (or hungry husband)
Thers is the one in all of science which is a small instrument which allows the slow passage or leakage of fluid through it in the same way the mammalian nipple does.
Then there is the nipple used by plumbers which is used to join pipes. I know very little about this one, not being a plumber !!!!!
Good 'innit??????
2007-04-27 05:43:23 · answer #1 · answered by drstella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 : the protuberance of a mammary gland upon which in the female the lactiferous ducts open and from which milk is drawn
2 a : an artificial teat through which a bottle-fed infant nurses b : a device with an orifice through which the discharge of a liquid can be regulated
3 a : a protuberance resembling or suggesting the nipple of a breast b : a small projection through which oil or grease is injected into machinery
4 : a pipe coupling consisting of a short piece of threaded tubing
2007-04-23 15:19:28 · answer #2 · answered by simonkcie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the protrudance of the mammary gland that is used to dispense milk!
The reason why men have nipples, is we all start out developing the same, as females, in the womb, and then our chromosome kicks in, and we start to develope as men.
2007-04-23 15:40:14 · answer #3 · answered by skcidxusoohay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nipple
A noun
1 nipple, mammilla, mamilla, pap, teat, tit
the small projection of a mammary gland
Category Tree:
entity
âthing
âpart; piece
âbody part
âorgan
âreproductive organ; sex organ
ânipple, mammilla, mamilla, pap, teat, tit
2007-04-23 15:22:34 · answer #4 · answered by Lil' Gay Monster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it a milk teat? Although men have them, they're useless and obsolete on men. Women and animals have them for feeding their young!
2007-04-23 15:18:42 · answer #5 · answered by EMMA C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the name for an attachment point on pipes.
2007-04-23 15:37:24 · answer #6 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A wee bump.
2007-04-23 15:18:08 · answer #7 · answered by Spiny Norman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋