Editing Female Pelvis (section)

== Female-specific Ligaments ==

* '''Broad ligament'''
** '''Contains the fallopian tube and ovary'''
** '''Divided into mesometrium, mesosalpinx, and mesovariaum'''
*** '''Mesometrium of the broad ligament contains the gonadal vessels and nerves'''
** Lies on the posterolateral surface of the uterus attaching it to the pelvic wall
* '''Round ligament'''
** '''Present within the broad ligament'''
** Attaches the lateral walls of the uterine body to the pelvic sidewalls, '''enters at the internal inguinal ring and crosses over the external iliac artery, passes through inguinal canal, and terminates in the mons pubis of the labium majus'''
** '''Homologous to the gubernaculum of the male'''
* '''Lateral cervical ligament and uterosarcal ligaments'''
** Within the parameterium
** '''Lateral cervical ligament'''
*** Also known as transverse cervical ligament and cardinal ligament
*** '''Contains uterine vessels'''
** '''Clinical implication'''
*** Blood vessels, nerves, smooth muscle, adipose, and connective tissue lie near these ligaments; '''nerves from the inferior hypogastric/pelvic plexus travel through the cardinal and uterosacral ligaments with the vessels, and damage to these during a hysterectomy can result in bladder dysfunction.'''
* '''Suspensory ligament of ovary'''
** '''Also known as infundibulo-pelvic ligament'''
** '''Contains the gonadal vessels'''