Umbilical folds

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

In 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 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

Anatomy of the peritoneum and mesentery

General

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 and Ligamentum venosum in it, but not of it)

From dorsal mesentery	Greater omentum Gastrophrenic ligament Gastrocolic ligament Gastrosplenic ligament Mesentery Transverse mesocolon Sigmoid mesocolon Mesoappendix Root of the 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 of subhepatic space Abdominal wall Inguinal triangle Peritoneal recesses Paracolic gutters Paramesenteric gutters

Pelvic

Uterus/ovaries	Broad ligament of the uterus Mesovarium Mesosalpinx Mesometrium) Ovarian ligament Suspensory ligament of ovary

Recesses	Male Recto-vesical pouch Pararectal fossa Female Recto-uterine pouch Recto-uterine fold (Uterosacral ligament) Vesico-uterine pouch Ovarian fossa Paravesical fossa Retroperitonium

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