Round Ligament of Uterus
"Round Ligament of Uterus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D012404
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.513.901.875 A05.360.319.114.815 A10.165.669.901.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Round Ligament of Uterus- Round Ligament of Uterus
- Uterus Round Ligament
- Uterus Round Ligaments
- Ligamentum Teres Uteri
- Ligamentum Teres Uterus
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Nuovo MA, Nuovo GJ, Smith D, Lewis SH. Benign mesenchymoma of the round ligament. A report of two cases with immunohistochemistry. Am J Clin Pathol. 1990 Mar; 93(3):421-4.