| Ligament: Interfoveolar ligament | ||
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| The interfoveolar ligament, seen from in front. (Interfoveolar ligament labeled at bottom center.) | ||
| Latin | ligamentum interfoveolare | |
| Gray's | subject #118 415 | |
| From | transversus muscle | |
| To | lacunar ligament | |
Lateral to the inguinal aponeurotic falx is a ligamentous band connected with the lower margin of the transversus abdominis muscle and extending down in front of the inferior epigastric artery to the superior ramus of the pubis; it is termed the interfoveolar ligament of Hesselbach and sometimes contains a few muscular fibers.
It is named for Franz Kaspar Hesselbach.[1]
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