Taber's Medical Dictionary
Cooper ligament
(koop-ĕr)
[Sir Astley Paston Cooper, Brit. surgeon, 1768-1841]
Any of the strands of connective tissue in the mammary gland that extend from glandular tissue through fat toward the skin, where they are attached to the dermis. These ligaments affect the image of the glandular tissue on a mammogram.
SYN: SEE: retinaculum mammae
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Cooper Ligament." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769342/all/Cooper_ligament.
Cooper ligament. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769342/all/Cooper_ligament. Accessed October 18, 2021.
Cooper ligament. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th edition). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769342/all/Cooper_ligament
Cooper Ligament [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2021 October 18]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769342/all/Cooper_ligament.
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