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

2023年7月24日 · The falciform ligament is the thin, sickle-shaped, fibrous structure that connects the anterior part of the liver to the ventral wall of the abdomen. It can be seen drooping from the liver hilum when looking inside the abdomen during surgery.

2022年11月24日 · The two leaves unite to form the falciform ligament, which descends on the anterior surface of the liver between the two lobes. The inferior border of the falciform ligament has no hepatic attachments. Instead, it is occupied by the ligamentum teres hepatis (round ligament of the liver).

2023年10月29日 · The falciform ligament is a broad and thin peritoneal ligament. It is sickle-shaped and a remnant of the ventral mesentery of the fetus.

2024年4月20日 · Falciform ligament – this sickle-shaped ligament attaches the anterior surface of the liver to the anterior abdominal wall. Its free edge contains the ligamentum teres, a remnant of the umbilical vein.

The falciform ligament courses cranially along the anterior surface of the liver, blending into the hepatic peritoneal covering coursing posterosuperiorly to become the anterior portion of the left and right coronary ligaments.

2025年1月20日 · The falciform ligament is a fold of peritoneum that attaches the liver to the anterior abdominal wall and the diaphragm. It is a thin, triangular structure that extends from the anterior surface of the liver to the undersurface of the …

The bridges comprise the ligaments of the liver as follows: the falciform ligament, right and left coronary ligaments, lesser omentum including the hepatogastric ligament and hepatoduodenal ligament. Each ligament has specific communications between the …

The falciform ligament provides support to the liver by anchoring the liver to the anterior abdominal wall and the diaphragm. It also serves as the passage through which the umbilical vein travels from the mother’s placenta to the developing liver.

2023年7月24日 · The falciform ligament is the thin, sickle-shaped, fibrous structure that connects the anterior part of the liver to the ventral wall of the abdomen. It can be seen drooping from the liver hilum when looking inside the abdomen during surgery.