All pass through deep inguinal ring, EXCEPT?
a) Spermatic cord
b) Internal spermatic fascia
c) Round ligament
d) Ilioinguinal nerve
Correct Answer - D
It transmits the spermatic cord in the male and the round ligament of the uterus in the
female into the inguinal canal. Internal spermatic fascia is present in the spermatic cord. Ilio
inguinal nerve passes only through the superficial inguinal canal and not through deep.
Inguinal canal: contains the spermatic cord and the ilioinguinal nerve in the male, and the
round ligament of the uterus and the ilioinguinal nerve in the female. It is an oblique canal of
about 4 cm. long, slanting downward and medialward, and placed parallel with and a little
above the inguinal ligament; it extends from the deep inguinal ring laterally to the superficial
inguinal ring medially.
Deep inguinal ring: a hole in transversalis fascia lying 3cm superior to the midpoint of the
inguinal ligament.
Contents:
Spermatic cord in males
Round ligament in females
Superficial inguinal ring: V-shaped defect in the lower medial fibres of the external
oblique just superior and lateral to the pubic tubercle. Ilioinguinal nerve passes through
superficial inguinal ring.
Contents of inguinal canal
Spermatic cord in males
Round ligament in females
Ilioinguinal nerve in both males and females