See Also: falciform ligament of liver(medicine)
falciform ligament(medicine)
round ligament of liver(medicine)
coronary ligament of liver(medicine)
notch for round ligament of liver(medicine)
fissure of round ligament of liver(medicine)
nonabsorbable ligature(medicine)
nonabsorbable surgical suture(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
falciform(medicine)

nonabsorbable ligature (medicine) and falciform ligament of liver (medicine)


nonabsorbable ligature (medicine)


nonabsorbable ligature


A permanent ligature of inert material, such as silk, wire, or synthetic fibre, that does not undergo dissolution in human tissues.


falciform ligament of liver (medicine)


falciform ligament of liver


A crescentic fold of peritoneum extending to the surface of the liver from the diaphragm and anterior abdominal wall; the round ligament lies in its free inferior border, derivative of embryonic ventral mesogastrium.

Synonym: ligamentum falciforme hepatis.