Superficial inguinal ring
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| Superficial inguinal ring | |
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| Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for arteries and inguinal canal. (Subcutaneous inguinal ring labeled at lower left.) | |
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| The subcutaneous inguinal ring. | |
| Latin | annulus inguinalis superficialis |
| Gray's | subject #286 1315 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_50/12143741 |
In the aponeurosis of the external oblique, immediately above the crest of the pubis, is a triangular opening, the subcutaneous inguinal ring (superficial inguinal ring, external inguinal ring), formed by a separation of the fibers of the aponeurosis in this situation.
The subcutaneous inguinal ring is situated 1 centimeter above and lateral to the pubic tubercle. It has medial and lateral crura.
It is at the layer of the aponeurosis of the Obliquus externus abdominis.[1]
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[edit] Clinical significance
The superficial ring is dilated in a condition called athletic pubalgia.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Kyung Won, PhD. Chung (2005). Gross Anatomy (Board Review). Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 198. ISBN 0-7817-5309-0.
[edit] External links
- SUNY Labs 35:09-0101 - "Anterior Abdominal Wall: Borders of the Superficial Inguinal Ring"
- SUNY Figs 36:01-13 - "The inguinal canal and derivation of the layers of the spermatic cord."
- 543883342 at GPnotebook
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