Inguinal Canal

Question 1

Is an oblique passage through the inferior region of the anterior abdominal wall.

Answer 1

Inguinal canal.

Question 2

How many walls does the inguinal canal have?

Answer 2

4

Question 3

Formed by the external oblique aponeurosis.

Answer 3

Anterior wall.

Question 4

Formed by the conjoint tendon of the internal oblique and the transverse abdominis muscles and the transversalis fascia.

Answer 4

Posterior wall.

Question 5

Formed by arching fibers of the internal oblique and the transverse abdominis muscles.

Answer 5

Roof.

Question 6

The medial half of the inguinal ligament forms the inferior wall of the inguinal canal.

Answer 6

Floor.

Question 7

Formed by an opening in the transversalis fascia. Located superior to the inguinal ligament, lateral to the inferior epigastric vessels, and halfway between the pubic bone and the anterior superior iliac spine.

Answer 7

Deep inguinal ring.

Question 8

Formed by an opening in the external oblique aponeurosis superior and medial to the pubic tubercle.

Answer 8

Superficial inguinal ring.

Question 9

What are the 4 contents of the male inguinal canal?

Answer 9

Genital branch of the genitofemoral nerve (L1-L2).
Ductus deferens.
Testicular artery and vein.
Autonomic nerves.

Question 10

What is inguinal hernia?

Answer 10

When a loop of small intestine bulges through the abdominal wall that holds it.

Question 11

What is the difference between a direct inguinal hernia and an indirect inguinal hernia?

Answer 11

A direct inguinal hernia is when the small intestine protrudes into the canal medal of the inferior epigastric vessels. An indirect inguinal hernia is when the small intestine protrudes into the canal lateral of the inferior epigastric vessels.

Question 12

What are the names of the 3 umbilical folds?

Answer 12

Median, Medial, and Lateral folds

Question 13

Unpaired fold in the mid-sagittal plane that contains the fibrous remains of the urachus, which course from the apex of the bladder to the umbilicus.

Answer 13

Median umbilical fold.

Question 14

Paired folds that contain the obliterated umbilical arteries, which course from the internal iliac artery to the umbilicus.

Answer 14

Medial umbilical folds.

Question 15

Paired folds that contain the inferior epigastric arteries and veins, which course from the external iliac arteries and veins respectively to the arcuate line.

Answer 15

Lateral umbilical folds.