Inguinal (Poupart’s) Ligament Flashcards
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Definition
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Rolled in lower free border of external oblique aponeurosis and curved with downward convexity
2
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Attachment: lateral
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ASIS
3
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Attachment: medial
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Pubic tubercle
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Site
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Lies below the groin fold
5
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Parts (extensions)
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- Lacunar ligament (pectineal part or gimbernat’s ligament)
- Pectineal ligament (cooper’s ligament)
- Reflected part
6
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Lacunar ligament
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Triangular backward extension of Inguinal ligament medial part
7
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Lacunar ligament borders
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- Apex: Pubic tubercle
- Anterior border:
Inguinal ligament - Posterior border: Pectineal line medial part
- Base (lateral free border):
Forms medial sharp crescentic border of femoral ring
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Pectineal ligament
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- Lateral extension of lacunar ligament posterior border on Pectineal line of superior pubic ramus
- Lies posterior to femoral ring
9
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Reflected part
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- Extension from lateral crus of superficial Inguinal ring upwards and medial to linea alba lower part
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Reflected part site
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- Lies behind spermatic cord forming medial 1/4 of Inguinal canal posterior wall
- In front of conjoint tendon and rectus sheath
11
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Surfaces
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- Upper concave surface
- Lower convex surface
12
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Upper concave surface
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- Lateral 2/3:
Origin to internal abdominal oblique muscle - Lateral 1/3:
Origin to transversus abdominis muscle - Medial 1/2:
Forms Inguinal canal floor
13
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Lower convex surface
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Gives attachment to thigh fascia lata
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Superficial relations
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- Skin
- Superficial fascia
- Superficial epigastric
- Superficial circumflex iliac vessels
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Deep relations
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- Psoas major
- Iliacus
- Femoral sheath (enclosing femoral vessels and canal)
- Femoral nerve
- Femoral branch of genotofemoral nerve
- Lateral cutaneous nerve thigh
