Preferred Name

round ligament of uterus

Synonyms

Hunter's ligament

ligamentum teres uteri

round ligament of the uterus

ligamentum teres of uterus

round ligament

Definitions

The round ligament of the uterus originates at the uterine horns, in the parametrium. It leaves the pelvis via the deep inguinal ring, passes through the inguinal canal and continues on to the labia majora where its fibers spread and mix with the tissue of the mons pubis[WP]. A fibromuscular band that attaches to the uterus and then passes along the broad ligament, out through the inguinal ring, and into the labium majus[MESH].

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006589

database_cross_reference

UMLS:C0035877

Wikipedia:Round_ligament_of_uterus

SCTID:245495009

MESH:D012404

NCIT:C34009

FMA:20420

GAID:130

definition

The round ligament of the uterus originates at the uterine horns, in the parametrium. It leaves the pelvis via the deep inguinal ring, passes through the inguinal canal and continues on to the labia majora where its fibers spread and mix with the tissue of the mons pubis[WP]. A fibromuscular band that attaches to the uterus and then passes along the broad ligament, out through the inguinal ring, and into the labium majus[MESH].

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Gray1138.png

develops_from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008844

has exact synonym

Hunter's ligament

ligamentum teres uteri

round ligament of the uterus

ligamentum teres of uterus

has_broad_synonym

round ligament

has_obo_namespace

uberon

has_related_synonym

ligamentum teres uteri

id

UBERON:0006589

label

round ligament of uterus

notation

UBERON:0006589

prefixIRI

UBERON:0006589

prefLabel

round ligament of uterus

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008844

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004120

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008845

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