BodyWall
Plate247
AnteriorAbdominalWall:DeepDissection
Superior
epigastric vessels
External
oblique muscle
(
cut away
)
Rectus abdominis
muscle
External oblique
aponeurosis (
cut
)
Internal oblique
aponeurosis (
cut
)
Transversus
abdominis muscle
Internal
oblique muscle (
cut
)
Posterior layer
of rectus sheath
Arcuate line
Inferior
epigastric vessels
Superficial
circumflex
iliac artery (
cut
)
Inguinal falx
(conjoint tendon)
Reflected
inguinal ligament
Pubic tubercle
Cremaster muscle and fascia
External spermatic fascia (
cut
)
Anterior layer of
rectus sheath (
cut
)
Linea alba
Anterior layer of
rectus sheath
Transversus abdominis
muscle (
cut
)
Transversalis fascia
(
opened on left
)
Extraperitoneal
fascia (areolar tissue)
Medial umbilical
ligament (occluded part
of umbilical artery)
Inferior epigastric
artery and vein (
cut
)
Site of deep inguinal
ring (origin of internal
spermatic fascia)
Cremasteric and pubic
branches of inferior
epigastric artery
Femoral sheath
(contains femoral
artery and vein)
Fat in retropubic space
(of Retzius)
Pectineal fascia
Internal spermatic fascia
Deep (Buck’s)
fascia of penis
Superficial fascia
of penis and
scrotum (
cut
)
Cremaster muscle and fascia (
cut
)
External spermatic fascia (
cut
)
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Inguinal ligament
(Poupart’s)
Pectineal ligament
(Cooper’s)
Lacunar ligament
(Gimbernat’s)
Pectineal ligament
(Cooper’s)
Lacunar ligament
(Gimbernat’s)
Superficial epigastric
artery (
cut
)
Superficial
external pudendal
artery (
cut
)
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