loading...| Preferred Name |
nipple |
| Synonyms |
thele papillary part of breast papilla mammae teat papilla of breast thelium papilla mammaria |
| Definitions |
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. Projection of skin containing the outlets for 15-20 lactiferous ducts arranged cylindrically around the tip. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002030 |
| 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. |
| database_cross_reference |
EMAPA:36508 Wikipedia:Nipple FMA:67771 CALOHA:TS-2234 NCIT:C12299 SCTID:265780004 BTO:0000821 UMLS:C0028109 MA:0000796 GAID:35 MESH:D009558 galen:Nipple |
| definition |
Projection of skin containing the outlets for 15-20 lactiferous ducts arranged cylindrically around the tip. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Female_nipple_profile.jpg |
| develops_from | |
| has_exact_synonym |
thele papilla mammae papilla of breast thelium |
| has_narrow_synonym |
papillary part of breast teat |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
papilla mammaria |
| id |
UBERON:0002030 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
nipple |
| notation |
UBERON:0002030 |
| only in taxon | |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
nipple |
| see also | |
| treeView | |
| UBPROP_0000008 |
a male mouse has no nipples - mammary tissue regresses during embryonic development |
| UBPROP_0000012 |
FMA makes this part of the breast, whereas in MA it is part of the mammary gland - |
| subClassOf |