Inguinal ligament is labeled at bottom right.
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|Latin
|colspan="2"|l. inguinale
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|colspan="2"|[subject #118 ]
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|MeSH
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|Dorlands/Elsevier
|colspan="2"|[l_09/12492363]
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The inguinal ligament is a band running from the pubic tubercle to the anterior superior iliac spine. Its anatomy is very important for operating on hernia patients.
It forms the base of the inguinal canal which is the place from where the inguinal hernia develops.
It is also referred to as Poupart's ligament, because Poupart gave it it's relevance to hernial repair (he called it "le suspenseur de l'abdomen", the suspender of the abdomen). It is less frequently termed the Fallopian ligament.
