ligamentum arteriosum (Botallo's ligament)

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Introduction

Ligamentous remnant of the fetal ductus arteriosus.

The ligamentum arteriosum attaches the origin of the left pulmonary artery to the arch of the aorta.

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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