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ABDOMEN 



transversus abdominis muscle. The fascia of one side is 

 directly continuous, behind the sheaths of therecti abdominis, 

 with the fascia of the opposite side, and forms a part of an 

 extensive fascial stratum which lines the entire abdominal 

 wall, and is placed between the abdominal muscles and their 



M. obi. int. abdom. Ant. sup. spine of ilium 



APO.NJELTFtCrsiS OF 

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Lig. inguinale 



reffexum (O.T. Tubercle 



triangular fascia) of pubis 



Lig. inguinale 

 i (Poupart's) 



Falx inguinalis (O.T. conjoined tendon) 



FIG. 101. Deep dissection of the Inguinal Region. The internal oblique has 

 been reflected to show the whole length of the inguinal canal ; and the 

 cord, enclosed within the internal spermatic fascia, is seen cut across. 



aponeuroses on the one hand, and the extra-peritoneal fatty 

 tissue on the other. 



Traced upwards, the fascia transversalis becomes thin and, 

 at the margin of the thorax, it is directly continuous with the 

 diaphragmatic fascia which covers the lower surface of the 

 diaphragm. In the inguinal region it plays an important part 

 as a constituent of the posterior wall of the inguinal canal. 



In the present state of the dissection (on the right side of 



