Umbilical folds

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Umbilical folds
Posterior view of the anterior abdominal wall in its lower half. Umbilical folds labeled near middle.
Latin	plica umbilicalis medialis, plica umbilicalis mediana, plica umbilicalis lateralis
Gray's	subject #255 1231

In the urinary bladder, anteriorly there are the following folds:

• one median umbilical fold: on the median umbilical ligament ^[1] (which in turn, contains the urachus)
• two medial umbilical folds on the occluded umbilical artery ^[2]
• two lateral umbilical folds on the inferior epigastric vessels^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ p_24/12649362 at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
2. ^ p_24/12649353 at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
3. ^ p_24/12649337 at Dorland's Medical Dictionary

[edit] External links

• SUNY Labs 36:04-0101 - "Inguinal Region, Scrotum and Testes: Umbilical Folds and Peritoneal Fossae"
• Norman/Georgetown abdominalcavity (abdcavitygen)
• http://www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studentwebs/session5/37/ALBL_Anterolateralwall.htm

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v • d • e Peritoneal ligaments, mesenteries, and folds From ventral mesentery Lesser omentum: Hepatoduodenal ligament - Hepatogastric ligament Liver: Coronary ligament (Left triangular ligament, Right triangular ligament, Hepatorenal ligament) - Falciform ligament (Round ligament of liver and Ligamentum venosum in it, but not of it) From dorsal mesentery Greater omentum: Gastrophrenic ligament - Gastrocolic ligament - Gastrosplenic ligament Mesentery: Transverse mesocolon - Sigmoid mesocolon - Mesoappendix - Root of the mesentery Splenorenal ligament - Phrenicocolic ligament Uterus/ovaries Broad ligament of the uterus (Mesovarium, Mesosalpinx, Mesometrium) - Ovarian ligament - Suspensory ligament of the ovary Folds Umbilical folds (Supravesical fossa, Medial inguinal fossa, Lateral inguinal fossa) - Ileocecal fold - Rectouterine folds Recesses Rectouterine pouch - Vesicouterine excavation - Rectovesical excavation - Pararectal fossa - Paravesical fossa Peritoneal cavity Greater sac - Lesser sac - Foramen of Winslow