Uterosacral ligament

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Uterosacral ligament
Latin ligamentum rectouterinum
Gray's subject #268 1260

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.

[edit] References

  • Netter, Atlas of Human Anatomy, 371 (4th Edition)

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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

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