What is "suspensory ligament"

n. (context anatomy English) A ligament or similar tissue suspending a bodily organ.

A suspensory ligament is a ligament that supports a body part, especially an organ.

Types include:

• Suspensory ligament of axilla, also known as Gerdy's ligament
• Cooper's ligaments, also known as the suspensory ligaments of Cooper
• Suspensory ligament of clitoris
• Suspensory ligament of duodenum, also known as the ligament of Treitz
• Suspensory ligament of eyeball, also known as Lockwood's ligament
• Suspensory ligament of lens, also known as the zonule of Zinn or zonular fibre
• Suspensory ligament of ovary
• Suspensory ligament of penis
• Suspensory ligament of thyroid gland, also known as Berry's ligament
• Suspensory ligaments of breast, also known as Cooper's ligaments
• Part of the suspensory apparatus of the leg of a horse. When the leg is supporting the horse's weight, this ligament supports the fetlock joint. Suspensory ligament injures are common in athletic horses.