Interfoveolar ligament

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Interfoveolar ligament
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The interfoveolar ligament, seen from in front. (Interfoveolar ligament labeled at bottom center.)
Details
Fromtransversalis fascia
Tolacunar ligament
Identifiers
Latinligamentum interfoveolare
Anatomical terminology

Lateral to the conjoint tendon, previously known as the inguinal aponeurotic falx, there is a ligamentous band originating from the lower margin of the transversalis fascia[1] and extending down in front of the inferior epigastric artery to the superior ramus of the pubis; it is termed the interfoveolar ligament of Hesselbach and sometimes contains a few muscular fibers.

It is named for Franz Kaspar Hesselbach.[2]

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. ^ Standring (2016). Gray's Anatomy - The Anatomical Bases of Clinical Practice - 41st edition.
  2. ^ synd/3215 at Who Named It?