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abdomen. By its lateral extremity it is fixed to the anterior 

 superior spine of the ilium. Medially, it has a double attach- 

 ment, viz. (i) to the pubic tubercle, (2) through the medium 

 of the lig. lacunare to the medial part of the pecten pubis 

 (O.T. ilio-pectineal line). The inguinal ligament pursues an 

 oblique course between its iliac and pubic attachments, and 

 at the same time describes a gentle curve, the convexity of 



Sheath of rectus 



Aponeurosis of external oblique 



Intercrural 



Inguinal ligament 

 (Poupart's) 



Subcutaneous 

 abdominal ring 



Lig. inguinale reflexum 



Lig. lacunare 

 (Gimbernat's) 



FIG. 68. Dissection to show the connections of the Inguinal Ligament. 



which is turned distally. By its distal border it affords 

 attachment to the fascia lata, and when this is divided it loses 

 its curved direction. 



The ligamentum lacunare (O.T. Gimbernat's) is a small 

 triangular piece of aponeurotic fascia which occupies the interval 

 between the medial part of the inguinal ligament and the medial 

 inch of the pecten pubis being attached by its margins to 

 both. Its base, which looks laterally, is sharp, crescentic, and 

 free, and abuts against the femoral sheath. The lacunar 

 ligament occupies a very oblique plane ; its femoral surface 



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