BodyWall
Plate257
FemoralSheathandInguinalCanal
Transversalis fascia (
cut edge
)
Extraperitoneal fascia
Parietal peritoneum
Median umbilical ligament (urachus)
Medial umbilical ligament (occluded part
of umbilical artery)
Inferior epigastric vessels
Falciform margin of saphenous opening
(
cut and reflected
)
Deep circumflex iliac vessels
Testicular vessels
Cremasteric artery
Ductus (vas) deferens
External iliac vessels
Accessory obturator vessels
External oblique aponeurosis (
cut
)
Internal spermatic fascia on spermatic cord
Femoral nerve (deep to iliopsoas fascia)
Femoral vessels in femoral sheath
Transversalis
fascia forms
anterior wall of
femoral sheath
(posterior wall
formed by
iliopsoas fascia)
Urinary
bladder
Ureter
Genitofemoral nerve
Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
Iliac fascia
Genital branch of genitofemoral nerve
Femoral branch of genitofemoral nerve
Testicular vessels
External iliac vessels
Inferior epigastric vessels
Ductus (vas) deferens and cremasteric artery
Femoral ring
Transversalis fascia forms
anterior wall of femoral sheath
Lymph node (Cloquet’s) in femoral canal
Femoral sheath (
cut open
)
Inguinal
ligament
(Poupart’s)
Inguinal ligament (Poupart’s)
Pectineal
ligament
(Cooper’s)
Pectineal ligament (Cooper’s)
Lacunar
ligament
(Gimbernat’s)
Lacunar ligament (Gimbernat’s)
See±also±
Plates 246, 247, 249
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