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white color) connect between the sacrum and uterus.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Details</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>ligamentum rectouterinum<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA98</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ifaa.unifr.ch/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/09.1.03.032%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm">A09.1.03.032</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ta2viewer.openanatomy.org/?id=3840">3840</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Foundational_Model_of_Anatomy" title="Foundational Model of Anatomy">FMA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FMA/?p=classes&conceptid=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fsig%2Font%2Ffma%2Ffma19111">19111</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terminology" title="Anatomical terminology">Anatomical terminology</a><div style="text-align: right;"><small class="noprint">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1824652" class="extiw" title="d:Q1824652">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>uterosacral ligaments</b> (or <b>rectouterine ligaments</b><sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) are <a href="/wiki/Major_ligaments_of_uterus" class="mw-redirect" title="Major ligaments of uterus">major ligaments of uterus</a> that extend posterior-ward from the <a href="/wiki/Cervix" title="Cervix">cervix</a> to attach onto the (anterior aspect of the<sup id="cite_ref-GRAYS2005_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRAYS2005-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) <a href="/wiki/Sacrum" title="Sacrum">sacrum</a>.<b><sup id="cite_ref-:02_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uterosacral_ligament&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Microanatomy/histology"><span id="Microanatomy.2Fhistology"></span>Microanatomy/histology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uterosacral_ligament&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Microanatomy/histology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The uterosacral ligaments consist of fibrous connective tissue, and smooth muscle tissue.<b><sup id="cite_ref-:02_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relations">Relations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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They embrace the <a href="/wiki/Rectouterine_pouch" title="Rectouterine pouch">rectouterine pouch</a>, and rectum.<b><sup id="cite_ref-:02_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> The <a href="/wiki/Pelvic_splanchnic_nerves" title="Pelvic splanchnic nerves">pelvic splanchnic nerves</a> run on top<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title=""Superior to" or "upon"? (January 2023)">further explanation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> of the ligament.<sup id="cite_ref-DAFTARY2011_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAFTARY2011-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Function">Function</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uterosacral_ligament&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Function"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The uterosacral ligaments pull the cervix posterior-ward, counteracting the anterior-ward pull exerted by the <a href="/wiki/Round_ligament_of_uterus" title="Round ligament of uterus">round ligament of uterus</a> upon the <a href="/wiki/Fundus_of_the_uterus" class="mw-redirect" title="Fundus of the uterus">fundus of the uterus</a>, thus maintaining <a href="/wiki/Anteversion" class="mw-redirect" title="Anteversion">anteversion</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Body_of_the_uterus" class="mw-redirect" title="Body of the uterus">body of the uterus</a>.<b><sup id="cite_ref-:02_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clinical_significance">Clinical significance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uterosacral_ligament&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Clinical significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The uterosacral ligaments may be palpated during a <a href="/wiki/Rectal_examination" title="Rectal examination">rectal examination</a>, but not during <a href="/wiki/Pelvic_examination" title="Pelvic examination">pelvic examination</a>.<b><sup id="cite_ref-:02_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-3"><span 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href="/wiki/Pampiniform_plexus" title="Pampiniform plexus">Pampiniform plexus</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mesonephric_duct#Female_development" title="Mesonephric duct">Wolffian vestiges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gartner%27s_duct" title="Gartner's duct">Gartner's ducts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epoophoron" title="Epoophoron">Epoophora</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vesicular_appendages_of_epoophoron" title="Vesicular appendages of epoophoron">Vesicular appendages</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paroophoron" title="Paroophoron">Paroophora</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Uterus" title="Uterus">Uterus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uterus#Structure" title="Uterus">Body</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uterine_cavity" title="Uterine cavity">Cavity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uterus#Structure" title="Uterus">Fundus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uterine_isthmus" title="Uterine isthmus">Isthmus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cervix" title="Cervix">Cervix</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cervical_canal" title="Cervical canal">Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internal_os" class="mw-redirect" title="Internal os">Internal os</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/External_os" class="mw-redirect" title="External os">External os</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supravaginal_portion_of_cervix" title="Supravaginal portion of cervix">Supravaginal portion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uterine_horns" title="Uterine horns">Horns</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Uterus#Layers" title="Uterus">Layers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uterine_wall" class="mw-redirect" title="Uterine wall">Wall</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Endometrium" title="Endometrium">Endometrium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myometrium" title="Myometrium">Myometrium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perimetrium" title="Perimetrium">Perimetrium</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parametrium" title="Parametrium">Parametrium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uterine_epithelium" title="Uterine epithelium">Epithelium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Uterus#Major_ligaments" title="Uterus">Ligaments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Round_ligament_of_uterus" title="Round ligament of uterus">Round ligaments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broad_ligament_of_the_uterus" title="Broad ligament of the uterus">Broad ligaments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_ligament" title="Cardinal ligament">Cardinal ligaments</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Uterosacral ligaments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pubocervical_ligament" title="Pubocervical ligament">Pubocervical ligaments</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uterine_gland" title="Uterine gland">Glands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urogenital_diaphragm" title="Urogenital diaphragm">Urogenital diaphragm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vestibular glands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bartholin%27s_gland" title="Bartholin's gland">Bartholin's glands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skene%27s_gland" title="Skene's gland">Skene's glands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vagina" title="Vagina">Vagina</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vaginal_canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaginal canal">Canal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vaginal_rugae" title="Vaginal rugae">Rugae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vagina#Microanatomy" title="Vagina">Walls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaginal_fornix" title="Vaginal fornix">Fornices</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaginal_support_structures" title="Vaginal support structures">Support structures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaginal_epithelium" title="Vaginal epithelium">Epithelium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sex_organ" title="Sex organ">External</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Vulva9" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vulva" title="Vulva">Vulva</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Labia" title="Labia">Labia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mons_pubis" title="Mons pubis">Mons pubis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labia_majora" title="Labia majora">Labia majora</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Labia_majora#Pudendal_cleft" title="Labia majora">Pudendal cleft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labiocrural_folds" class="mw-redirect" title="Labiocrural folds">Labiocrural folds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labia_majora#Commissures" title="Labia majora">Anterior commissure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labia_majora#Commissures" title="Labia majora">Posterior commissure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labia_majora#Function_and_structure" title="Labia majora">Dartos muliebris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_labial_nerves" title="Posterior labial nerves">Posterior labial nerves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_labial_nerves" title="Anterior labial nerves">Anterior labial nerves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perineal_nerve" title="Perineal nerve">Perineal nerve</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labia_minora" title="Labia minora">Labia minora</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frenulum_of_labia_minora" title="Frenulum of labia minora">Frenulum</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_labial_arteries" title="Posterior labial arteries">Posterior labial arteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_labial_veins" title="Posterior labial veins">Posterior labial veins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labia#Structure" title="Labia">Interlabial sulci</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Clitoris" title="Clitoris">Clitoris</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clitoris#Root" title="Clitoris">Root</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crus_of_clitoris" title="Crus of clitoris">Crura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulb_of_vestibule" title="Bulb of vestibule">Bulbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suspensory_ligament_of_clitoris" title="Suspensory ligament of clitoris">Suspensory ligament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fascia_of_Scarpa#Structure" title="Fascia of Scarpa">Fundiform ligament</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Body_of_clitoris" class="mw-redirect" title="Body of clitoris">Body</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corpus_cavernosum_of_clitoris" title="Corpus cavernosum of clitoris">Corpora cavernosa</a></li> <li>Trabeculae of corpora cavernosa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulb_of_vestibule#Structure" title="Bulb of vestibule">Infra-corporeal residual spongy part</a></li> <li>Angle</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulb_of_vestibule#Structure" title="Bulb of vestibule">Commissure of bulbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulb_of_vestibule#Structure" title="Bulb of vestibule">Pars intermedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clitoris#Glans" title="Clitoris">Glans</a> <ul><li>Corona</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clitoris#Frenulum" title="Clitoris">Frenulum</a></li></ul></li> <li>Arteries <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_artery_of_clitoris" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorsal artery of clitoris">Dorsal arteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_artery_of_clitoris" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep artery of clitoris">Deep arteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artery_of_bulb_of_vestibule" title="Artery of bulb of vestibule">Arteries of bulbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internal_pudendal_artery" title="Internal pudendal artery">Internal pudendal artery</a></li></ul></li> <li>Veins <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_dorsal_veins_of_clitoris" title="Superficial dorsal veins of clitoris">Superficial dorsal veins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_dorsal_vein_of_clitoris" title="Deep dorsal vein of clitoris">Deep dorsal veins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vein_of_bulb_of_vestibule" class="mw-redirect" title="Vein of bulb of vestibule">Veins of bulbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internal_pudendal_veins" title="Internal pudendal veins">Internal pudendal veins</a></li></ul></li> <li>Nerves <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_nerve_of_clitoris" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorsal nerve of clitoris">Dorsal nerves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pudendal_nerve" title="Pudendal nerve">Pudendal nerve</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clitoral_hood" title="Clitoral hood">Clitoral hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fascia" title="Fascia">Fascia</a></li> <li>Tunica albuginea</li> <li>Septum</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vulval_vestibule" title="Vulval vestibule">Vestibule</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fossa_of_vestibule_of_vagina" title="Fossa of vestibule of vagina">Fossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vagina#Vaginal_opening_and_hymen" title="Vagina">Vaginal orifice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hymen" title="Hymen">Hymen</a></li></ul></li> <li>Vestibular gland openings</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urethra" title="Urethra">Urethra</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Urinary_meatus" title="Urinary meatus">External urethral orifice</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Blood supply</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Arteries <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ovarian_artery" title="Ovarian artery">Ovarian arteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uterine_artery" title="Uterine artery">Uterine artery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcuate_vessels_of_uterus" title="Arcuate vessels of uterus">Arcuate artery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaginal_artery" title="Vaginal artery">Vaginal artery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spiral_artery" title="Spiral artery">Spiral arteries</a></li></ul></li> <li>Veins <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ovarian_vein" title="Ovarian vein">Ovarian veins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uterine_vein" title="Uterine vein">Uterine vein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uterine_venous_plexus" title="Uterine venous plexus">Uterine venous plexuses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaginal_venous_plexus" title="Vaginal venous plexus">Vaginal venous plexus</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/G-spot" title="G-spot">G-spot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urethral_sponge" title="Urethral sponge">Urethral sponge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perineal_sponge" title="Perineal sponge">Perineal sponge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rectouterine_pouch" title="Rectouterine pouch">Rectouterine pouch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vesicouterine_pouch" title="Vesicouterine pouch">Vesicouterine pouch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uterotubal_junction" title="Uterotubal junction">Uterotubal junctions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Anatomy_of_the_peritoneum_and_mesentery101" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li 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title="Peritoneum">Peritoneum</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peritoneal_cavity" title="Peritoneal cavity">cavity</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesentery" title="Mesentery">Mesentery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Abdominal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">From<br />ventral mesentery</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lesser_omentum" title="Lesser omentum">Lesser omentum</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hepatoduodenal_ligament" title="Hepatoduodenal ligament">Hepatoduodenal ligament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hepatogastric_ligament" title="Hepatogastric ligament">Hepatogastric ligament</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liver" title="Liver">Liver</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coronary_ligament" title="Coronary ligament">Coronary ligament</a> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Left_triangular_ligament" title="Left triangular ligament">Left triangular ligament</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Right_triangular_ligament" title="Right triangular ligament">Right triangular ligament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hepatorenal_ligament" title="Hepatorenal ligament">Hepatorenal ligament</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falciform_ligament" title="Falciform ligament">Falciform ligament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Round_ligament_of_liver" title="Round ligament of liver">Round ligament of liver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ligamentum_venosum" title="Ligamentum venosum">Ligamentum venosum</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">From<br />dorsal mesentery</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_omentum" title="Greater omentum">Greater omentum</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gastrophrenic_ligament" title="Gastrophrenic ligament">Gastrophrenic ligament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gastrocolic_ligament" title="Gastrocolic ligament">Gastrocolic ligament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gastrosplenic_ligament" title="Gastrosplenic ligament">Gastrosplenic ligament</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesentery" title="Mesentery">Mesentery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Splenorenal_ligament" class="mw-redirect" title="Splenorenal ligament">Splenorenal ligament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phrenicocolic_ligament" title="Phrenicocolic ligament">Phrenicocolic ligament</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Folds <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Umbilical_folds" title="Umbilical folds">Umbilical folds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supravesical_fossa" title="Supravesical fossa">Supravesical fossa</a></li> <li><a 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