On the surgical anatomy of the groin : as connected with hernia of the abdomen.

  • Vaché, Alexander F., 1800-1857.
Date:
1825
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Credit: On the surgical anatomy of the groin : as connected with hernia of the abdomen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Its fibres run obliquely downwards and for- wards, becoming tendinous at the linea semilu- naris. Inserted fleshy, into the outer labium of the crista of the ilium ; tendinous, into the whole length of Poupart's ligament, by what is called the outer column, which terminates at the tube- rosity of the pubis, in contradistinction to the tendinous fibres which separate, and are inserted into those of the muscle of the op- posite side, at the symphysis pubis, called the inner column. It is next inserted into the whole length of the linea alba and the ensiform cartilage. By the separation of the fibres of this muscle, above Poupart's ligament, an opening is left for the passage of the spermatic cord of the male, and the round ligament of the female, permit- ting their exit from the oblique canal. It has received the name of external abdominal ring, although of a triangular shape, bounded on each side by the two tendinous columns, with its apex above and its base below, formed by that part of the pubis between the tuberosity and symphysis. This opening can most generally be traced as far up as the fleshy fibres of the