Fissure for ligamentum teres
Fissura ligamenti teretis
- Synonym: Fissure for round ligament
- Related terms: Fissure for ligamentum teres; Fissure for round ligament
Definition
The anterior part of left sagittal fossa, or fissure for ligamentum teres (Fissure for round ligament; fossa for the umbilical vein), lodges the umbilical vein in the fetus, and its remains, Round ligament of liver, (the ligamentum teres) in the adult; it lies between the quadrate lobe and the left lobe of the liver, and is often partially bridged over by a prolongation of the hepatic substance, the pons hepatis.