Falciform ligament

Falciform ligament
The falciform ligament is seen here, dividing the liver from the front into a left and a right lobe.
The liver viewed from above. Falciform ligament can be seen separating the left medial from the right lateral lobes of liver.
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Identifiers
Latinligamentum falciforme hepatis
TA98A10.1.02.303
TA23771
FMA15823
Anatomical terminology

In human anatomy, the falciform ligament (from Latin 'sickle-shaped') is a ligament that attaches the liver to the front body wall and divides the liver into the left lobe and right lobe.[1] The falciform ligament is a broad and thin fold of peritoneum, its base being directed downward and backward and its apex upward and forward. It droops down from the hilum of the liver.

  1. ^ Garbar, Veronica; Newton, Bruce W. (2022), "Anatomy, Abdomen and Pelvis, Falciform Ligament", StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID 30969680, retrieved 2022-12-06

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