| Cooper's herniotome | A slender bistoury with short cutting edge for dividing the constricting tissues at the neck of a hernial sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| herniotome | A slender bladed knife, with short cutting edge, for dividing the constricting tissues at the mouth of the hernial sac. Synonym: herniotome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cooper's fascia | H;one of the coverings of the spermatic cord, formed of delicate connective tissue and of muscular fibres derived from the internal oblique muscle (cremaster muscle). See: aponeurosis of internal abdominal oblique muscle. Synonym: fascia cremasterica, Cooper's fascia, Scarpa's sheath. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cooper's hernia | A femoral hernia with two sacs, the first being in the femoral canal, and the second passing through a defect in the superficial fascia and appearing immediately beneath the skin. Synonym: bilocular femoral hernia, Hey's hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cooper, Sir Astley Paston | <person> English anatomist and surgeon, 1768-1841. See: Cooper's fascia, Cooper's hernia, Cooper's herniotome, Cooper's ligaments, suspensory ligaments of Cooper. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cooper's ligaments | Well developed retinacula cutis that extend from the fibrous stroma of the mammary gland to the overlying skin. Synonym: ligamenta suspensoria mammae, Cooper's ligaments, suspensory ligaments of Cooper. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspensory ligaments of Cooper | Well developed retinacula cutis that extend from the fibrous stroma of the mammary gland to the overlying skin. Synonym: ligamenta suspensoria mammae, Cooper's ligaments, suspensory ligaments of Cooper. (05 Mar 2000) |