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Descriptor English: Round Ligament of Uterus
Descriptor Spanish: Ligamento Redondo del Útero
Descriptor ligamento redondo del útero
Scope note: Banda fibromuscular que está unida al ÚTERO, discurre a lo largo de LIGAMENTO ANCHO, sale por el ANILLO INGUINAL y se inserta en los labios mayores de la vulva.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ligamento Redondo do Útero
Descriptor French: Ligament rond de l'utérus
Entry term(s): Ligamentum Teres Uteri
Ligamentum Teres Uterus
Uterus Round Ligament
Uterus Round Ligaments
Tree number(s): A02.513.901.875
A05.360.319.114.815
A10.165.669.901.875
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012404
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2016; see ADNEXA UTERI 1975-199, see ROUND LIGAMENT 1991-2015
History Note: 2016 (1975)
DeCS ID: 29555
Unique ID: D012404
NLM Classification: WP 275
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/06/20
Round Ligament of Uterus - Preferred
Concept UI M000606072
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Round Ligament of Uterus
Entry term(s) Ligamentum Teres Uteri
Ligamentum Teres Uterus
Uterus Round Ligament
Uterus Round Ligaments



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