title: Suspensory ligament
text: # Suspensory ligament
  
  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 or Suspensory ligaments of breast
  * 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
  * 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.
  