Umbilical folds

Human Anatomy

Umbilical folds are folds located anterior to the urinary bladder. There is one median umbilical fold on the median umbilical ligament, which contains the urachus. Two medial umbilical folds lie on the occluded umbilical artery, and two lateral umbilical folds lie on the inferior epigastric vessels.

Median fold: One median umbilical fold lies on the median umbilical ligament.
Medial folds: Two medial umbilical folds lie on the occluded umbilical artery.
Lateral folds: Two lateral umbilical folds lie on the inferior epigastric vessels.

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Article: Umbilical folds (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q7881319
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Henry Vandyke Carter, Henry Gray (1918) Anatomy of the Human Body (See "Book" section below) Bartleby.com: Gray's Anatomy, Plate 1036
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