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The falciform ligament is a broad and thin antero-posterior peritoneal fold, falciform (Latin "sickle-shaped") in shape, its base being directed downward and backward, its apex upward and backward.

Is a remnant of the ventral mesentery of the fetus.

It is situated in an antero-posterior plane, but lies obliquely so that one surface faces forward and is in contact with the peritoneum
Peritoneum

In higher vertebrates, the peritoneum is the serous membrane that forms the lining of the abdomen — it covers most of the intra-abdominal organs....
 behind the right rectus and the diaphragm, while the other is directed backward and is in contact with the left lobe of the liver
Liver

The liver is a vital organ present in vertebrates and some other animals; it has a wide range of functions, a few of which are detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of biochemicals necessary for digestion....
.

It is attached by its left margin to the under surface of the diaphragm, and the posterior surface of the sheath of the right Rectus as low down as the umbilicus
Umbilicus

Umbilicus may refer to:*Umbilicus , a feature of gastropod, Nautilus and Ammonite shell anatomy*Navel, a synonym for the navel or belly button....
; by its right margin it extends from the notch on the anterior margin of the liver, as far back as the posterior surface.

It is composed of two layers of peritoneum closely united together.

Its base or free edge contains between its layers the round ligament
Round ligament of liver

In anatomy, the round ligament of liver is a degenerative string of tissue that exists in the free edge of the falciform ligament of the liver....
 and the paraumbilical veins
Paraumbilical veins

In the course of the ligamentum teres of the liver and of the middle umbilical ligament, small veins are found which establish an anastomosis between the veins of the anterior abdominal wall and the Hepatic portal vein, hypogastric, and iliac veins....
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The falciform ligament is a broad and thin antero-posterior peritoneal fold, falciform (Latin "sickle-shaped") in shape, its base being directed downward and backward, its apex upward and backward.

Is a remnant of the ventral mesentery of the fetus.

It is situated in an antero-posterior plane, but lies obliquely so that one surface faces forward and is in contact with the peritoneum
Peritoneum

In higher vertebrates, the peritoneum is the serous membrane that forms the lining of the abdomen — it covers most of the intra-abdominal organs....
 behind the right rectus and the diaphragm, while the other is directed backward and is in contact with the left lobe of the liver
Liver

The liver is a vital organ present in vertebrates and some other animals; it has a wide range of functions, a few of which are detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of biochemicals necessary for digestion....
.

It is attached by its left margin to the under surface of the diaphragm, and the posterior surface of the sheath of the right Rectus as low down as the umbilicus
Umbilicus

Umbilicus may refer to:*Umbilicus , a feature of gastropod, Nautilus and Ammonite shell anatomy*Navel, a synonym for the navel or belly button....
; by its right margin it extends from the notch on the anterior margin of the liver, as far back as the posterior surface.

It is composed of two layers of peritoneum closely united together.

Its base or free edge contains between its layers the round ligament
Round ligament of liver

In anatomy, the round ligament of liver is a degenerative string of tissue that exists in the free edge of the falciform ligament of the liver....
 and the paraumbilical veins
Paraumbilical veins

In the course of the ligamentum teres of the liver and of the middle umbilical ligament, small veins are found which establish an anastomosis between the veins of the anterior abdominal wall and the Hepatic portal vein, hypogastric, and iliac veins....
.

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