loading...| Preferred Name | nipple | |
| Synonyms |
papillary part of breast teat papilla mammaria papilla of breast papilla mammae thele thelium |
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| Definitions |
Projection of skin containing the outlets for 15-20 lactiferous ducts arranged cylindrically around the tip. Nipple being part_of mammary gland is due to a practical modelling in uberon that treats mammary gland as including adnexa. A GCI asserts that nipple is part of the breast in humans. For discussion of this, please refer to https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1873. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002030 |
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| comment |
Nipple being part_of mammary gland is due to a practical modelling in uberon that treats mammary gland as including adnexa. A GCI asserts that nipple is part of the breast in humans. For discussion of this, please refer to https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1873. |
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| database_cross_reference |
NCIT:C12299 CALOHA:TS-2234 SCTID:265780004 UMLS:C0028109 Wikipedia:Nipple galen:Nipple MESH:D009558 EMAPA:36508 BTO:0000821 FMA:67771 GAID:35 MA:0000796 |
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| definition |
Projection of skin containing the outlets for 15-20 lactiferous ducts arranged cylindrically around the tip. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Female_nipple_profile.jpg |
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| external_ontology_notes |
FMA makes this part of the breast, whereas in MA it is part of the mammary gland - |
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| has_exact_synonym |
papilla of breast papilla mammae thele thelium |
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| has_narrow_synonym |
papillary part of breast teat |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
papilla mammaria |
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| id |
UBERON:0002030 |
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| label |
nipple |
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| notation |
UBERON:0002030 |
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| part_of | ||
| preferred label |
nipple |
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| prefLabel |
nipple |
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| see also | ||
| taxon_notes |
a male mouse has no nipples - mammary tissue regresses during embryonic development |
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