| Cooper's ligaments | |
|---|---|
 Dissection of human breast: Cooper's ligaments labeled as "Retinacula cutis (Ligs. of Cooper)" and "Retinacula cutis" | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | retinaculum cutis mammae, ligamenta suspensoria mammaria |
| TA98 | A16.0.02.015 |
| TA2 | 7109 |
| FMA | 71433 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
Cooper's ligaments (also known as the suspensory ligaments of Cooper and the fibrocollagenous septa) are connective tissue in the breast that help maintain structural integrity. They are named for Astley Cooper, who first described them in 1840.[1][2] Their anatomy can be revealed using Transmission diffraction tomography.[3]
Cooper's suspensory ligament should not be confused with the pectineal ligament (sometimes called the inguinal ligament of Cooper) which shares the same eponym. Also, the intermediate fibers and/or the transverse part of the ulnar collateral ligament are sometimes called Cooper's ligament(s).[4][5]
- ^ synd/3342 at Who Named It?
- ^ Cooper, Astley (1840). On the anatomy of the breast. London : Longman, Orme, Green, Brown, and Longmans. pp. 49–50.
- ^ Simonetti F, Huang L, Duric N, Littrup P (July 2009). "Diffraction and coherence in breast ultrasound tomography: a study with a toroidal array". Medical Physics. 36 (7): 2955–65. Bibcode:2009MedPh..36.2955S. doi:10.1118/1.3148533. OSTI 957784. PMID 19673194.
- ^ "Transverse ligament of elbow".
- ^ Waldeyer's Human Anatomy - Membrum superius, articulatio cubiti