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Broad ligament

Ligamentum latum uteri · Široký děložní vaz

Fascia & connective tissue · female only

Looks like

A double sheet of peritoneum hung like a curtain from the womb to each pelvic side wall.

What it does

Carries the vessels and nerves to the womb, tube and ovary, and keeps them in place.

Keeping it well

Nothing routine; what it carries is what a surgeon must find and tie at a hysterectomy.

Its parts

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