Uterine Ligaments Flashcards
What is the round ligament of the uterus?
Connects the uterus to the deep skin of the labia majora through the round inguinal canal
What is the round ligament a derivative of?
Gubernaculum
What does the broad ligament connect?
Connects the uterus to the lateral walls
What does the suspensory ligament connect?
Connects the ovary to the lateral wall
What does the ovarian ligament connect?
Ovary to the uterus
What does the Uterosacral ligament connect?
Posterior cervix to the anterior surface of the sacrum
What does the cardinal ligament of the uterus connect?
Cervix to the lateral wall
What is the broad ligament?
-Double layer of peritoneum that connects the lateral uterus to the lateral pelvis wall
What are the three divisions of the broad ligament?
Mesosalpinx
Mesovarium
Mesometrium
What does the mesosalpinx function in?
Supports the uterine tube
What does the mesovarium function to do?
Connects the ovary and the broad ligament
What does the mesometrium do?
Lies inferior to the attachment of the mesovarium
What ligament supplies blood to the uterus?
Cardinal ligament
What is the ligament that runs along the inferior border of the broad ligament? What does it contain?
- Cardinal ligament
- Uterine arteries and veins
What is the uterine artery a branch of? IN which ligament does it run?
- Branch of the internal iliac artery
- In the cardinal ligament
