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MAMMALIAN PHENOTYPE - ANNOTATIONS

The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.

Term:abnormal falciform ligament morphology
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Accession:MP:0030785 term browser browse the term
Definition:any structural anomaly of the broad and thin, sickle-shaped peritoneal ligament that attaches the liver to the anterior body wall and is a remnant of the ventral mesentery of the fetus; it is situated in an anteroposterior plane but lies obliquely so that one surface faces forward and is in contact with the peritoneum behind the right rectus abdominis and the diaphragm, while the other is directed backwards and is in contact with the left lobe of the liver
Synonyms:exact_synonym: abnormal ligamentum falciforme hepatis morphology;   abnormal liver falciform ligament morphology



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  mammalian phenotype 5419
    liver/biliary system phenotype 136
      abnormal hepatobiliary system morphology 129
        abnormal liver morphology 95
          abnormal falciform ligament morphology 0
            absent falciform ligament 0
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  mammalian phenotype 5419
    digestive/alimentary phenotype 81
      abnormal digestive system morphology 59
        abnormal stomach morphology 4
          abnormal stomach mesentery morphology 0
            abnormal falciform ligament morphology 0
              absent falciform ligament 0
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