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  2. Linea terminalis - Wikipedia

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    The linea terminalis or innominate line consists of the pubic crest, pectineal line (pecten pubis), the arcuate line, the sacral ala, and the sacral promontory. [ 1 ] It is the pelvic brim , which is the edge of the pelvic inlet .

  3. Pectineal ligament - Wikipedia

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    The pectineal ligament, sometimes known as the inguinal ligament of Cooper, is an extension of the lacunar ligament. It runs on the pectineal line of the pubic bone . The pectineal ligament is the posterior border of the femoral ring .

  4. Lacunar ligament - Wikipedia

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    The lacunar ligament is the part of the aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle that is reflected backward and laterally and is attached to the pectineal line of the pubis. It is about 1.25 cm. long, larger in the male than in the female, almost horizontal in direction in the erect posture, and of a triangular form with the base directed ...

  5. Pubis (bone) - Wikipedia

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    Passing upward and laterally from the pubic tubercle is a well-defined ridge, forming a part of the pectineal line which marks the brim of the lesser pelvis: to it are attached a portion of the inguinal falx (conjoined tendon of obliquus internus and transversus), the lacunar ligament (Gimbernat's ligament), and the reflected inguinal ligament ...

  6. Pectineus muscle - Wikipedia

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    The pectineus muscle arises from the pectineal line of the pubis and to a slight extent from the surface of bone in front of it, between the iliopectineal eminence and pubic tubercle, and from the fascia covering the anterior surface of the muscle; the fibers pass downward, backward, and lateral, to be inserted into the pectineal line of the femur which leads from the lesser trochanter to the ...

  7. Pectineal line - Wikipedia

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    Pectineal line may refer to: Pectineal line (femur) Pectineal line (pubis) Pectinate line, border between anal canal and rectum This page was last edited on 29 ...

  8. Transverse abdominal muscle - Wikipedia

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    It ends anteriorly in a broad aponeurosis (the Spigelian fascia), the lower fibers of which curve inferomedially (medially and downward), and are inserted, together with those of the internal oblique muscle, into the crest of the pubis and pectineal line, forming the inguinal conjoint tendon also called the aponeurotic falx. In layman's terms ...

  9. External obturator muscle - Wikipedia

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    In the remaining cases, it is either inserted into the upper part of the pectineal line or the posterior part of the lesser trochanter. [4] It has been demonstrated by the course of the posterior branch of obturator nerve that the obturator externus is divided into a superior muscle fascicle and a main belly. The supernumerary muscle described ...