Pulmonary ligament 5000414 177890519 2007-12-14T15:28:07Z Arcadian 104523 -av {{Infobox Ligament | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = ligamentum pulmonale | GraySubject = 238 | GrayPage = 1090 | Image = Gray972.png | Caption = Mediastinal surface of right [[lung]]. (Pulmonary ligament labeled at lower right.) | Image2 = | Caption2 = | From = | To = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = l_09 | DorlandsSuf = 12492915 | }} The root of the [[lung]] is covered in front, above, and behind by [[pleura]], and that at its lower border the investing layers come into contact. Here they form a sort of [[mesenteric]] fold, the '''pulmonary ligament''', which extends between the lower part of the mediastinal surface of the lung and the [[pericardium]]. Just above the diaphragm the ligament ends in a free [[falciform]] border. It serves to retain the lower part of the lung in position. ==External links== * {{GPnotebook|33947708}} * {{SUNYAnatomyFigs|19|05|10}} {{Gray's}} {{respiratory-stub}} {{Lung}}