Tags: Anatomical Structure, Ligament.

The falciform ligament is a ligament that attaches the liver to the anterior (ventral) body wall.It is a broad and thin antero-posterior peritoneal fold falciform (Latin sickle-shaped) its base being directed downward and backward and its apex upward and backward. The falciform ligament droops down from the hilum of the liver.

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