Uber Anatomy Ontology

Last uploaded: September 4, 2024
Preferred Name

suspensory ligament of breast
Synonyms

ligament of Cooper

suspensory ligaments of the breast

suspensory ligaments of breast

Cooper's ligament

suspensory ligament of the breast

suspensory retinaculum of breast

suspensory ligament of cooper

retinaculum cutis mammae

Definitions

Cooper's ligaments (also known as the suspensory ligaments of Cooper and the fibrocollagenous septa) are connective tissue in the breast that helps maintain structural integrity. Transmission diffraction tomography can reveal the anatomy. Cooper's Suspensory Ligament should not be confused with the pectineal ligament (sometimes called the inguinal ligament of Cooper) which shares the same eponym. Connects skin of mammary gland with deep fascia

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0012103

comment

Connects skin of mammary gland with deep fascia

database_cross_reference

Wikipedia:Cooper%27s_ligaments

SCTID:279011006

FMA:58040

definition

Cooper's ligaments (also known as the suspensory ligaments of Cooper and the fibrocollagenous septa) are connective tissue in the breast that helps maintain structural integrity. Transmission diffraction tomography can reveal the anatomy. Cooper's Suspensory Ligament should not be confused with the pectineal ligament (sometimes called the inguinal ligament of Cooper) which shares the same eponym.

has_exact_synonym

suspensory retinaculum of breast

suspensory ligament of cooper

retinaculum cutis mammae

has_obo_namespace

uberon

has_related_synonym

ligament of Cooper

suspensory ligaments of the breast

suspensory ligaments of breast

Cooper's ligament

suspensory ligament of the breast

id

UBERON:0012103

label

suspensory ligament of breast

notation

UBERON:0012103

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005200

prefLabel

suspensory ligament of breast

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005200

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0013754

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000158

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004121

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