NEET PG Medical – 2015 – Question – 90
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 medial ward, 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
