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Descriptor English: Inguinal Canal
Descriptor Spanish: Conducto Inguinal
Descriptor conducto inguinal
Scope note: Paso tubular que atraviesa las cubiertas inferiores de la pared del abdomen y que contiene el cordón espermático en el hombre y el ligamento redondo en la mujer. (Diccionario Mosby. 5a ed. Madrid: Harcourt España, 2000, p.288)
Descriptor Portuguese: Canal Inguinal
Descriptor French: Canal inguinal
Entry term(s): Canal, Inguinal
Canals, Inguinal
Inguinal Canals
Inguinal Ring
Inguinal Rings
Ring, Inguinal
Rings, Inguinal
Tree number(s): A01.923.047.412
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007264
Scope note: The tunnel in the lower anterior ABDOMINAL WALL through which the SPERMATIC CORD, in the male; ROUND LIGAMENT, in the female; nerves; and vessels pass. Its internal end is at the deep inguinal ring and its external end is at the superficial inguinal ring.
Annotation: internal canal only: do not confuse with GROIN, external only
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
GD growth & development
IN injuries
IR innervation
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
VI virology
DeCS ID: 7439
Unique ID: D007264
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Inguinal Canal - Preferred
Concept UI M0011338
Scope note The tunnel in the lower anterior ABDOMINAL WALL through which the SPERMATIC CORD, in the male; ROUND LIGAMENT, in the female; nerves; and vessels pass. Its internal end is at the deep inguinal ring and its external end is at the superficial inguinal ring.
Preferred term Inguinal Canal
Entry term(s) Canal, Inguinal
Canals, Inguinal
Inguinal Canals
Inguinal Ring - Narrower
Concept UI M0453545
Preferred term Inguinal Ring
Entry term(s) Inguinal Rings
Ring, Inguinal
Rings, Inguinal



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