OBLIQ UCS EXTERXUS 



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The external abdominal ring (fig. 285) is an obliquely directed plit or narrow- 

 triangular aperture in the aponeurosis of theobliquus externus, which transmits the 



Fig. 303. — Extkknal Oblique and Ilio-tibiai. Baxd. 



Pectoralis major 



Origin of pectoralis 



Major from aponeurosis 



of obliquus externuB 



Obliquus externuB 



Linea semilunaris 



Tensor vaginae femoris 



Ilio-tibial band 



Trapezius 

 Serratus magnus 



Latissimus dorsi 



Gluteus maximus 



Tendon of biceps 



Spermatic cord in the male, and the nnnid ligament of the uterus in the female. The 

 slit is formed Ijv the divergence of the obliquely directed fibres of the apont'urosis. 



