Inguinal Triangle Floor

Inferior epigastric vessels medial border.

Inguinal triangle floor.

Inferior epigastric artery and vein. Labeled at center left and run from upper right to bottom center. Medial border formed by the medial border of the adductor longus muscle. Peritoneum covers the floor of the inguinal triangle extraperitoneal tissue and fascia transversalis.

Apex is present where sartorius overlaps adductor longus. Inguinal triangle is labeled in green. Boundaries of the inguinal triangle also called hesselbach triangle can be remembered easily with this mnemonic rip r lateral border of the rectus abdominis makes the medial border of the triangle i inferior epigastric vessels making the superolateral border of the triangle p inguinal ligament also called poupart s ligament. The femoral triangle or scarpa s triangle is an anatomical region of the upper third of the thigh.

Indirect inguinal herniae pass lateral to the inferior epigastric vessles. Lateral border of the rectus sheath. Direct inguinal herniae occur through hesselbach s triangle. Though the said areas are considered as weak spots not all humans manifest hernia.

Lateral boundary is formed by the medial border of sartorius. As this area is a triangle it has three borders. Superior border formed by the inguinal ligament a ligament that runs from the anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic tubercle. Additionally the inguinal ligament forms the base of the femoral triangle and the floor of the inguinal canal.

Lower 5 cm of the lateral border of the rectus abdominis muscle. Runs from upper left to bottom left. Inguinal ligament lateral border. Name the structures forming boundaries of femoral triangle.

Medial boundary is formed by the medial border of adductor longus. The function of the inguinal ligament is to anchor the aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle to the pelvis. Lateral border formed by the medial border of the sartorius muscle. It is a triangular depression located below the inguinal ligament in the upper 1 3rd of front of thigh.

Named after fc hesselbach 1759 1816 german anatomist and surgeon 1. It also protects a number of important structures as they pass from the pelvic cavity into the thigh and inguinal canal. The medial umbilical ligament obliterated umbilical artery crosses the. Inferior epigastric vessels inferior.

The inguinal triangle hesselbach s triangle is a region in the anterior abdominal wall. In this article we shall look at the anatomy of the inguinal triangle its borders contents and clinical. Boundaries of hesselbach s triangle medial. The boundaries of the inguinal triangle are as follows.

It was first described by frank hesselbach a german surgeon and anatomist in 1806. Medial half of the inguinal ligament. Not labeled on diagram but runs a similar path to the inguinal aponeurotic falx labeled at bottom. It is a subfascial space which appears as a triangular depression below the inguinal ligament when the thigh is flexed abducted and laterally rotated.