The inferior pole of the ovary is attached to a fibromuscular band of tissue (the ligament of the ovary), which courses medially in the margin of the mesovarium to the uterus and then continues anterolaterally as the round ligament of the uterus (Fig. 5.59A). The round ligament of the uterus passes over the pelvic inlet to reach the deep inguinal ring and then courses through the inguinal canal to end in connective tissue related to the labium majus in the perineum. Both the ligament of the ovary and the round ligament of the uterus are remnants of the gubernaculum, which attaches the gonad to the labioscrotal swellings in the embryo.