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Uterosacral ligament
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Identifiers
Latinligamentum rectouterinum
TA98A09.1.03.032
TA23840
FMA19111
Anatomical terminology

The uterosacral ligaments (or recto-uterine ligament) 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 (4th Edition)

External links

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