Inguinal canal Flashcards
What is the inguinal canal?
A short passage that extends inferiorly and medially through the inferior part of the abdominal wall.
Where is the inguinal canal in relation to the inguinal ligament?
Superior and Parallel
What is the inguinal canal’s function?
It is a pathway by which structures can pass from the abdominal wall to the external genitalia
What is the opening of the inguinal canal called? Where is it?
Deep inguinal ring
In the abdomen
What is the exit of the inguinal canal called? Where is it?
Superficial inguinal ring
Within the aponeurosis of the external oblique, immediately above the crest of the pubis
What is in the inguinal canal in males?
Spermatic cord
Ilioinguinal nerve
What is in the inguinal canal in females?
Round ligament
Ilioinguinal nerve
