2 Inguinal Region Flashcards
What is the inguinal ligament
Rolled aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle
What is the inguinal ligament connected to
ASIS and pubic tubercle
What is the conjoined tendon
The combined aponeurosis of interior and medial margins of internal oblique and transversus abdominal m
What do the crural fibers flank
The inguinal ring
What does the lacunar ligament do and where is it found
Anchors inguinal ligament to pubis; ligament between pubic rami and inguinal ligament
What goes through the inguinal rings
Vas deferens and gonadal vessels/nerves in males and the round ligament in females
What is the superficial inguinal ring
A split in the external oblique aponeurosis
Where is the pectineal ligament
Continuation of fibers from the lacunar ligament running along the pectin pubis
Where does the iliophypogastric n come from
L1
What does the iliohypogastric n innervate
Abdominal mm and skin over pubis
What does the ilioinguinal n come from
L1
What does the ilioinguinal n do
Motor to abdominal mm; skin over upper/medial thigh and skin at root of penis/clitoris and anterior scrotum/labia
Where does the genitofemoral nerve come from
L1,2
What does the genitofemoral n innervate
Motor to the cremasteric muscles and sensory to a small part of teh medial thigh and scrotal/labial fascia
Where do the gonads form
T10
What pulls the testicles down during development
Gubernaculum
What forms the future scrotum
Processus vaginalis
What remains of the processus vaginalis in the mature testicles
Tunica vaginalis