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ligamentum arteriosum (Botallo's ligament)

Ligamentous remnant of the fetal ductus arteriosus. The ligamentum arteriosum attaches the origin of the left pulmonary artery to the arch of the aorta.

Related

ductus arteriosus (Botallo's duct)

General

heart structure

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
  2. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999

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heart

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