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nipple

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002030

Projection of skin containing the outlets for 15-20 lactiferous ducts arranged cylindrically around the tip. [ FMA:67771 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipple ]

Synonyms: papilla mammae, thele, thelium, papilla of breast

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

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 -

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.

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Female_nipple_profile.jpg

has related synonym

papilla mammaria

has narrow synonym

teat, papillary part of breast

id

UBERON:0002030

prefLabel

Nipple

see also

https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1873