Internal (from posterior to anterior) view of right inguinal area of the male pelvis.
Inguinal triangle is labeled in green. The three surrounding structures: inferior epigastric vessels: Run from upper left to center. inguinal ligament: Runs from upper right to bottom left. rectus abdominis muscle: Runs from upper left to bottom left, labeled rectus at upper left.
External view.
Inguinal triangle is labeled in green. Borders: inferior epigastric artery and vein: labeled at center left, and run from upper right to bottom center. inguinal ligament: not labeled on diagram, but runs a similar path to the inguinal aponeurotic falx, labeled at bottom. rectus abdominis muscle: runs from upper left to bottom left.
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Identifiers
Latin
trigonum inguinale
TA98
A10.1.02.433
TA2
3795
FMA
256506
Anatomical terminology
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In human anatomy, the inguinal triangle is a region of the abdominal wall. It is also known by the eponym Hesselbach's triangle, after Franz Kaspar Hesselbach.
In human anatomy, the inguinaltriangle is a region of the abdominal wall. It is also known by the eponym Hesselbach's triangle, after Franz Kaspar Hesselbach...
inguinal lymph nodes drain to the deep nodes. There are two depressions called fossae in an area called the inguinaltriangle – the lateral inguinal fossa...
Inguinal lymph nodes are lymph nodes in the groin. They are situated in the femoral triangle of the inguinal region. They are subdivided into two groups:...
superior border of the femoral triangle. It demarcates the inferior border of the inguinaltriangle. The midpoint of the inguinal ligament, halfway between...
An inguinal hernia or groin hernia is a hernia (protrusion) of abdominal cavity contents through the inguinal canal. Symptoms, which may include pain or...
The medial inguinal fossa is a depression located within the inguinaltriangle on the peritoneal surface of the anterior abdominal wall between the ridges...
exit of the inguinal canal Inguinaltriangle, a region of the abdominal wall, also known by the eponym Hesselbach's triangle Lateral inguinal fossa, a shallow...
triangular depression below the inguinal ligament when the thigh is flexed, abducted and laterally rotated. The femoral triangle is bounded: superiorly (also...
The cystohepatic triangle (or hepatobiliary triangle or Calot's triangle) is an anatomic space bordered by the cystic duct laterally, the common hepatic...
supravesical hernia, is medial to this structure. The medial inguinal fossa, and therefore a direct inguinal hernia, is lateral to it. median umbilical ligament...
the abdomen, and specifically the groin. Groin hernias are most commonly inguinal hernias but may also be femoral hernias. Other types of hernias include...
drainage. Afferent lymph vessels carry lymph away from the vulva to the inguinal lymph nodes. The nerves that supply the vulva are the pudendal nerve, perineal...
and inferior borders bounded by the anterior half of the iliac crest, inguinal ligaments, pubic crest, and pubic symphysis. In human anatomy, the layers...
tendon can precipitate a direct inguinal hernia. A direct inguinal hernia will protrude through Hesselbach's triangle, whose borders are the rectus abdominis...
interfoveolar ligament (Hesselbach's ligament) and the inguinaltriangle (Hesselbach's triangle). Anatomisch-chirurgische Abhandlung über den Ursprung...
[citation needed] Posteriorly, the pelvic floor extends into the anal triangle.[citation needed] It is important in providing support for pelvic viscera...
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