Conjoint Tendon
(Redirected from Conjoint tendon)
Description
Name
- Conjoint Tendon
- Henle's ligament
- Inguinal falx
- Falx inguinalis
- Conjoined tendon
- Inguinal conjoint tendon
- Conjoint tendon of the internal oblique and transversus abdominis
Description
- Formed by:
- Medial fibers of the internal oblique aponeurosis
- Deep fibers of the transversus abdominis aponeurosis
- It then turns inferiorly and attachs onto the pubic crest and pecten pubis
Relationships
- Medially reinforces the wall of the inguinal canal
- Located directly posterior to the superficial inguinal ring
- Laterally, the fibers can fuse with those of the interfoveolar ligament