The inguinal canal is a passage in the anterior abdominal wall on each side of the body (one on each side of the midline), which in males, convey the spermatic...

An inguinal hernia or groin hernia is a hernia (protrusion) of abdominal cavity contents through the inguinal canal. Symptoms, which may include pain or...

to the pelvis. It forms the medial part of the posterior wall of the inguinal canal. The conjoint tendon is formed from the lower part of the common aponeurosis...

kidney, to the inguinal ring In the inguinal canal Ectopic, having "wandered" from the path of descent, usually outside the inguinal canal and sometimes...

transversus muscles Inguinal hernia, a protrusion of abdominal-cavity contents through the inguinal canal Direct inguinal hernia, a type of inguinal hernia with...

abnormally allows abdominal contents to slip into a narrow tube called the inguinal canal in the groin region. There are two different clusters of hernia: groin...

iliac spine. It forms the base of the inguinal canal through which an indirect inguinal hernia may develop. The inguinal ligament runs from the anterior superior...

repair of the inguinal canal is described as a herniotomy. When herniotomy is combined with a reinforced repair of the posterior inguinal canal wall with...

pelvis, passes through the internal abdominal ring, and runs along the inguinal canal to the labia majora. It is the structure that holds the uterus suspended...

partially coiled tube which exits the abdominal cavity through the inguinal canal. Vas deferens is Latin, meaning "carrying-away vessel" while ductus...

assess the mass on the veins within the spermatic cord. Palpate the inguinal canals to assess for hernias or abnormal tenderness. Examination is repeated...

hydrocele of the cord, a hydrocele of the canal of Nuck is always at least partially within the inguinal canal.[citation needed] The accuracy of the diagnosis...

are inguinal hernias, which are further divided into the more common indirect inguinal hernia (2/3, depicted here), in which the inguinal canal is entered...

isolated. From there, the testicle is pulled into the field through the inguinal canal. The spermatic cord is clamped off in two places and cut between the...

ilioinguinal nerve does not pass through the deep inguinal ring, and thus only travels through part of the inguinal canal. It mediates the cremasteric reflex. The...

the junction of the uterus and uterine tube. It passes through the inguinal canal to insert at the labium majus. The two round ligaments of uterus develop...

chronic groin pain in athletes and a dilated superficial ring of the inguinal canal. Football and ice hockey players are affected most frequently. Both...

arteries arise directly from the abdominal aorta and descend through the inguinal canal, while the scrotum and the rest of the external genitalia is supplied...

the abdominal inguinal ring, through which it passes, and accompanies the other constituents of the spermatic cord along the inguinal canal to the scrotum...

contents of the abdominal cavity may protrude into the inguinal canal, producing an indirect inguinal hernia Varicose veins of the spermatic cord are referred...

scrotum remains connected with the abdomen or pelvic cavity through the inguinal canal. (The spermatic cord, formed from spermatic artery, vein and nerve bound...

pass through the transversalis fascia at the deep inguinal ring, the entrance to the inguinal canal. This opening is not visible externally. In the male...

the skin of the groin which afterward forms the scrotum through the inguinal canal to the body and epididymis of the testis. The gubernaculum testis is...

through. The spermatic cord in the inguinal canal. Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for arteries and inguinal canal. External iliac artery Lumbar...

the vaginal process in the male accompanies it along the inguinal canal: it is called the canal of Nuck. In rare cases, the gubernaculum may fail to contract...

the floor of the inguinal canal.[citation needed] It is a useful landmark for pelvic surgery. A variant of non-prosthetic inguinal hernia repair, first...

wall; important when localizing the superficial inguinal ring and the femoral canal of the inguinal canal. The inner surface of the body forms part of the...

at all, it coined the term muffing to refer to stimulation of the inguinal canals, an act it popularized. The zine has received both popular-culture...

pudendal artery. (Canal not labeled, but pudendal nerve and internal pudendal artery labeled at bottom right.) Femoral canal Inguinal canal Pudendal nerve...

below the inguinal ligament, when abdominal contents pass through a naturally occurring weakness in the abdominal wall called the femoral canal. Femoral...