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Last uploaded: February 12, 2025
Id http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002030
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002030
Preferred Name

nipple

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.
Synonyms
papillary part of breast
teat
papilla mammaria
papilla of breast
papilla mammae
thele
thelium
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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