Preferred Label : suspensory ligament of breast;
Uberon 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.;
Uberon synonym : suspensory ligament of cooper; retinaculum cutis mammae; suspensory retinaculum of breast;
Uberon related term : suspensory ligaments of the breast; suspensory ligament of the breast; Cooper's ligament; ligament of Cooper; suspensory ligaments of breast;
Origin ID : 0012103;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
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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.
