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The [[rectouterine folds]] 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'''.
The [[rectouterine folds]] 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'''.

==References==
* Netter, Atlas of Human Anatomy, 371
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.isge.org/pic/uterosac.html Image at isge.org]
* [http://www.isge.org/pic/uterosac.html Image at isge.org]

<ref>Netter, Atlas of Human Anatomy, 371</ref>
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[[Category:Ligaments]]
[[Category:Pelvis]]

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Uterosacral ligament
Identifiers
TA98A09.1.03.032
TA23840
FMA19111
Anatomical terminology

The uterosacral ligaments belongs to the major ligaments of uterus.

The rectouterine folds 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.

References

  • Netter, Atlas of Human Anatomy, 371

External links

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1260 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)