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
- CALOHA:TS-2234
- GAID:35
- EMAPA:36508
- MESH:D009558
- FMA:67771
- galen:Nipple
- MA:0000796
- SCTID:265780004
- Wikipedia:Nipple
- NCIT:C12299
- BTO:0000821
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.
Term relations
- organism subdivision
- ectoderm-derived structure
- part of some mammary gland
- develops from some mammary ridge