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Superficial fascia 

 External oblique muscle 



Anterior superior spine of ilium 



Deep layer of superficial fascia, cut edge 



Superficial circumflex iliac artery 



Outer pillar of external ring 



Fascia lata 



Part of deep layer of superficial fascia 



Cribriform fascia 



Middle cutaneous nerve 



External cutaneous nerve 



Superficial fascia 

 Superficial fascia, cut edge 



HUMAN ANATOMY. 



Fig. 1479. 



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Aponeurosis of external oblique 



Linea alba 



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Intercolumnar fibres 



Intercolumnar fascia, artificially distenaed 

 Inner pillar of external ring 



Dartos, cut edge 



Branch of internal cutaneous nerve 

 Internal saphenous vein 



• Superficial dissection of inguinal region ; spermatic cord is seen issuing from external 

 abdominal ring; intercolumnar fascia has been artificially distended by injection of fluid; 

 saphenous opening is closed by cribriform fascia. 



Fig. 1480. 



External oblique, cut edge 



Internal oblique muscle 



Aponeurosis of external oblique, 



cut edge 



Anterior superior spine of ilium 



Pouparfs ligament 



Attachment of deep layer of superficial 



fascia of abdomen to fascia lata 



Transversalis muscle 



Spermatic cord 



Fascia lata 



External pillar of external ring, 



turned down 



Falciform process of fascia lata 



Femoral sheath seen through 



saphenous opening 



Middle cutaneous nerve 



External cutaneous nerve 



Internal saphenous vein 



Branch of internal cutaneous nerve 



Linea alba 



Conjoined tendoo 



Triangular fascia 

 Suspensory ligament oi penis 

 Insertion of cremaster muscle 

 Pubic portion of fascia lata 



Cremaster muscle 



Deeper dissection in which external oblique has been partially removed, exposing spermatic 

 cord lying in inguinal canal ; cribriform fascia removed to show saphenous openinjc. 



