Supporting structure:
Supporting structure consist the following structure.
- Skin:
- Skin stabilizes the udder.
- Medial suspensory ligament:
- The major supporting structure of the udder.
- The medial suspensory ligament is the dense elastic connective tissue.
- The elasticity of the medial suspensory ligament is necessary to allow the udder to increase in size as it fills with milk by expanding away from the body wall.
- Lateral suspensory ligament:
- Main supporting structure of mammary gland.
- These ligaments are non elastic in nature.