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HUMAN ANATOMY. 



spermatic cord in the male, and the round ligament with its 

 vessels in the female. Its boundaries are : 



. In front, the tendon of the external oblique muscle, the 

 lower border of the internal oblique, and a small portion of the 

 cremaster muscle; 



FIG. 168. 



Dissection of the inguinal canal: A, external oblique; B B, in- 

 ternal oblique; C, transversalis; D, conjoined tendon; E, rectus ab- 

 dominis with sheath opened; F, fascia transversalis; H, cremaster; 

 I, infundibular fascia. 



Behind, the fascia transversalis, the conjoined tendon of the 

 transversalis and internal oblique muscles, and the transversalis 

 fascia ; 



Above, by the arched border of the internal oblique and 

 transversalis muscles ; 



Below, by Poupart's ligament. 



