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Dissection of male inguinal region and spermatic cord

Internal aspect of deep inguinal ring and related structures of right side

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Dissection of male inguinal region and spermatic cord
Internal aspect of deep inguinal ring and related structures of right side
The specimen is viewed from above and from the left with the anterior abdominal wall pulled forward (toward the top of the photograph). Peritoneum has been preserved in a small area immediately lateral to the deep inguinal ring and, above this, on the interior of the abdominal wall. A small, persistent processus vaginalis (15) is present. It extends as a narrow tube through the deep ingnuinal ring into the upper end of the inguinal canal.
1 . Right rectus abdominis muscle (upper and lower pointers indicate medial and lateral borders of the muscle)
2 . Upper pointer: Femoral ring Lower pointer: Lacunar ligament
3 . Pubic symphysis
4 . Pectineal ligament (Cooper's ligament)
5 . Upper pointer: Ductus deferens (accompanied by artery of ductus deferens and filaments from pelvic plexus of nerves) Lower pointer: Lateral umbilical ligament
6 . Obturator artery (entering obturator canal)
7 . Fascia covering obturator internus muscles
8 . Urinary bladder (retracted posteriorly)
9 . Pelvic plexus
10 . Peritoneum
11 . Transversalis fascia
12 . Medial umbilical fold
13 . Inferior epigastric artery
14 . Deep inguinal ring
15 . Site of opening of patent processus vaginalis
16 . Transversus abdominis muscle (cut across)
17 . Transversalis fascia
18 . Testicular artery (accompanied by testicular veins)
19 . Area of junction of transversalis fascia and iliac fascia
20 . Iliac fascia
21 . Femoral nerve
22 . Genital branch of genitofemoral nerve
23 . Femoral branch of genitofemoral nerve (lumboinguinal nerve)
24 . Psoas major muscle
25 . External iliac artery and vein
26 . Ureter
27 . Internal iliac artery