Preferred Label : falciform ligament;
Uberon definition : A ligament that attaches the liver to the anterior body wall. It is a broad and thin
antero-posterior peritoneal fold, falciform in shape, its base being directed downward
and backward and its apex upward and backward. It is a remnant of the ventral mesentery
of the fetus. It is situated in an antero-posterior plane but lies obliquely, so that
one surface faces forward and is in contact with the peritoneum behind the right rectus
and the diaphragm, while the other is directed backward and is in contact with the
left lobe of the liver. It is attached by its left margin to the under surface of
the diaphragm and the posterior surface of the sheath of the right Rectus as low down
as the umbilicus; by its right margin it extends from the notch on the anterior margin
of the liver, as far back as the posterior surface. It is composed of two layers of
peritoneum closely united together. Its base or free edge contains between its layers
the round ligament and the paraumbilical veins[WP].;
Uberon synonym : ligamentum falciforme (hepatis); falciform ligament of liver;
Origin ID : 0001247;
UMLS CUI : C0230240;
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A ligament that attaches the liver to the anterior body wall. It is a broad and thin
antero-posterior peritoneal fold, falciform in shape, its base being directed downward
and backward and its apex upward and backward. It is a remnant of the ventral mesentery
of the fetus. It is situated in an antero-posterior plane but lies obliquely, so that
one surface faces forward and is in contact with the peritoneum behind the right rectus
and the diaphragm, while the other is directed backward and is in contact with the
left lobe of the liver. It is attached by its left margin to the under surface of
the diaphragm and the posterior surface of the sheath of the right Rectus as low down
as the umbilicus; by its right margin it extends from the notch on the anterior margin
of the liver, as far back as the posterior surface. It is composed of two layers of
peritoneum closely united together. Its base or free edge contains between its layers
the round ligament and the paraumbilical veins[WP].
