Umbilical folds

Umbilical folds
Posterior view of the anterior abdominal wall in its lower half. Umbilical folds labeled near middle.
Inguinal fossae
Details
Identifiers
Latin	plica umbilicalis medialis, plica umbilicalis mediana, plica umbilicalis lateralis
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Related to the urinary bladder, anteriorly there are the following folds:

one median umbilical fold on the median umbilical ligament (which in turn, contains the urachus)
two medial umbilical folds on the occluded umbilical artery
two lateral umbilical folds on the inferior epigastric vessels

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1231 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

Anatomy photo:36:04-0101 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Inguinal Region, Scrotum and Testes: Umbilical Folds and Peritoneal Fossae"
abdominalcavity at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (abdcavitygen)
http://www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studentwebs/session5/37/ALBL_Anterolateralwall.htm

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Anatomy of the peritoneum and mesentery

General

Peritoneum
- cavity
Mesentery

Abdominal

From ventral mesentery	Lesser omentum Hepatoduodenal ligament Hepatogastric ligament Liver Coronary ligament (Left triangular ligament Right triangular ligament Hepatorenal ligament) Falciform ligament Round ligament of liver Ligamentum venosum
From dorsal mesentery	Greater omentum Gastrophrenic ligament Gastrocolic ligament Gastrosplenic ligament Mesentery Splenorenal ligament Phrenicocolic ligament Folds Umbilical folds Supravesical fossa Medial inguinal fossa Lateral umbilical fold Lateral inguinal fossa Ileocecal fold
Abdominal cavity	Greater sac Lesser sac Omental foramen
General	Cystohepatic triangle Hepatorenal recess Abdominal wall Inguinal triangle Peritoneal recesses Paracolic gutters Paramesenteric gutters

Uterus/ovaries	Broad ligament of the uterus Mesovarium Mesosalpinx Mesometrium) Ovarian ligament Suspensory ligament of ovary
Recesses	Female Rectouterine pouch Rectouterine fold (Uterosacral ligament) Vesicouterine pouch Ovarian fossa Paravesical fossa Retroperitonium Male Rectovesical pouch Pararectal fossa

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