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Definition of Round ligament of the uterus
1. Noun. Ligament attached to the uterus on either side in front of and below the opening of the Fallopian tube and passing through the inguinal canal to the labia majora.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Round Ligament Of The Uterus
Literary usage of Round ligament of the uterus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"He also furnished me the following report as to this anatomical fact: 1. The artery
of the round ligament of the uterus (the external spermatic in the male) ..."
2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"anterior surface contains the round ligament of the uterus. The portion of the
broad ligament between the uterine tube and the ovary is termed the ..."
3. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"Its terminal part is composed of connective tissue only. The round ligament of
the uterus represents the lower portion of the ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"Between the two layers of each broad ligament are contained: (1) the uterine tube
superiorly; (2) the round ligament of the uterus; (3) the ovary and its ..."
5. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"In addition to the Fallopian tube, the ovary and its ligament, and the round
ligament of the uterus, the two layers of the broad ligament include between ..."
6. A System of midwifery: Including the Diseases of Pregnancy and the Puerperal by William Leishman (1879)
"... and to it have been traced the terminal fibres of the round ligament of the
uterus. The ¡ii'ii»fu//i extends from the posterior commissure to the anus, ..."