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 information
- MA:0000796
- GAID:35
- BTO:0000821
- EMAPA:36508
- galen:Nipple
- UMLS:C0028109 (ncithesaurus:Nipple)
- Wikipedia:Nipple
- FMA:67771
- MESH:D009558
- CALOHA:TS-2234
- NCIT:C12299
- SCTID:265780004
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
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.
FMA makes this part of the breast, whereas in MA it is part of the mammary gland -
Term relations
- organism subdivision
- ectoderm-derived structure
- part of some mammary gland
- in taxon some Theria
- develops from some mammary ridge