Umbilical fascia

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Umbilical fascia
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The peritoneum of the male pelvis. Medial umbilical ligament, which delineates the umbilical fascia, is labeled at bottom left.)
Identifiers
TA98 A04.5.02.014
TA2 2393
FMA 76759
Anatomical terminology

The umbilical fascia (or umbilicovesical fascia [1] ) is a thin fascial layer that extends between the medial umbilical ligaments [2] from the umbilicus, [1] and extends inferiorly, becoming continuous with the visceral fascia enclosing the urinary bladder. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 medilexicon.com > umbilicovesical fascia Archived 2015-09-16 at the Wayback Machine Citing: Stedman's Medical Dictionary. Copyright 2006
  2. 1 2 mondofacto.com > umbilicovesical fascia 05 Mar 2000


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