Preferred Name

rectouterine fold

Synonyms

rectovaginal fold

recto-uterine fold

posterior ligament of uterus

plica rectouterina

fold of Douglas

Definitions

These folds of the rectouterine excavation are named the sacrogenital or rectouterine folds. They contain a considerable amount of fibrous tissue and non-striped muscular fibers which are attached to the front of the sacrum and constitute the uterosacral ligaments.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007136

database_cross_reference

Wikipedia:Recto-uterine_fold

SCTID:361301006

FMA:16533

definition

These folds of the rectouterine excavation are named the sacrogenital or rectouterine folds. They contain a considerable amount of fibrous tissue and non-striped muscular fibers which are attached to the front of the sacrum and constitute the uterosacral ligaments.

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Gray1165.png

has exact synonym

rectovaginal fold

recto-uterine fold

posterior ligament of uterus

plica rectouterina

fold of Douglas

has_obo_namespace

uberon

has_related_synonym

plica rectouterina

id

UBERON:0007136

label

rectouterine fold

notation

UBERON:0007136

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002358

prefLabel

rectouterine fold

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002358

subClassOf

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

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0034944

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