areola
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002032
Subdivision of breast which consists of skin, connective tissue and smooth muscle bundle and modified sebaceous glands and which surrounds the nipple. [ FMA:67796 ]
Term info
database cross reference
- FMA:67796
- UMLS:C0222608 (ncithesaurus:Areola)
- MA:0000788
- NCIT:C12368
- Wikipedia:Areola
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
UBPROP 0000007
areolar
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Brustwarze.JPG, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Female_Areola.jpg
has related synonym
areolae, areola mammae
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0002032
prefLabel
Areola
Term relations
Subclass of:
- external soft tissue zone
- ectoderm-derived structure
- part of some mammary gland
- contributes to morphology of some mammary gland
Related from: