Cooper ligaments

sus·pen·so·ry lig·a·ments of breast

[TA] well-developed retinacula cutis that extend from the fibrous stroma of the mammary gland to the overlying skin. Synonym(s): ligamenta suspensoria mammaria [TA], retinaculum cutis mammae ☆ , suspensory retinaculum of breast ☆ , Cooper ligaments (1) , suspensory ligaments of Cooper

Cooper ligaments

(Koop-ĕr) [Sir Astley Paston Cooper, Brit. surgeon, 1768–1841] Supportive fibrous structures throughout the breast that partially sheathe the lobes shaping the breast. These ligaments affect the image of the glandular tissue on a mammogram.

Cooper,

Sir Astley Paston, English anatomist and surgeon, 1768-1841. Cooper fascia - one of the coverings of the spermatic cord, formed of delicate connective tissue and of muscular fibers derived from the internal oblique muscle (cremaster muscle). Synonym(s): cremasteric fasciaCooper hernia - a femoral hernia with two sacs. Synonym(s): bilocular femoral hernia; Hey herniaCooper herniotome - a slender bistoury with short cutting edge for dividing the constricting tissues at the neck of a hernial sac.Cooper ligament repairCooper ligaments - (1) suspensory ligaments of breast. Synonym(s): suspensory ligaments of Cooper - (2) pectineal ligament - (3) transverse ligament of elbow.Cooper neuralgia - Synonym(s): mastodyniaCooper testis - neuralgia of the testicles.suspensory ligaments of Cooper - Synonym(s): Cooper ligaments (1)