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Body Regions > Torso > Abdomen > Inguinal Canal

Preferred term

Inguinal Canal  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Inguinal Ring
  • Inguinal Rings
  • Ring, Inguinal
  • Rings, Inguinal

Note

  • internal canal only: do not confuse with GROIN, external only

Scope note

  • The tunnel in the lower anterior ABDOMINAL WALL through which the SPERMATIC CORD, in the male; ROUND LIGAMENT, in the female; nerves; and vessels pass. Its internal end is at the deep inguinal ring and its external end is at the superficial inguinal ring.

In other languages

  • nivuskanava

    Finnish

  • canalis inguinalis
  • inguinaalikanava
  • Ljumskkanal

    Swedish

  • Canalis inguinalis
  • Inguinalkanal
  • Ljumskring

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007264

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