What does the falciform ligament contain?

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The falciform ligament is a peritoneal fold that anchors the liver to the anterior abdominal wall, and its inferior edge contains the ligamentum teres hepatis (the fibrous remnant of the fetal umbilical vein). This is why the structure inside the falciform ligament is the ligamentum teres. The portal vein, hepatic artery, and bile duct run together in the hepatoduodenal ligament of the lesser omentum, not in the falciform ligament.