Suspensory ligament of thyroid gland
Ligamentum suspensorium glandulae thyreoideae
- Latin synonym: Ligamentum suspensorium glandulae thyroideae
- Eponym: Berry's ligament
- Acronym: LOB
Definition
The suspensory ligament of the thyroid gland (Berry's ligament), is a suspensory ligament that passes from the thyroid's sheath to the thyroid itself, and on to the cricoid cartilages that encircle the trachea.
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
