page_title: Lateral umbilical fold
hierarchical_section_title: Lateral umbilical fold
caption_attribution_description: The peritoneum of the male pelvis. (Dixon and Birmingham.)
context_page_description: The lateral umbilical fold overlies the inferior epigastric artery and its accompanying veins. Unlike the median and medial umbilical folds, the contents of the lateral umbilical fold remain functional after birth. It originates just medial to the deep inguinal ring to the arcuate line on the posterior surface of the anterior abdominal wall.
context_section_description: The lateral umbilical fold overlies the inferior epigastric artery (a branch of the external iliac artery) and its accompanying veins.  Unlike the median and medial umbilical folds, the contents of the lateral umbilical fold remain functional after birth. It originates just medial to the deep inguinal ring to the arcuate line on the posterior surface of the anterior abdominal wall.
caption: The peritoneum of the male pelvis.
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