Medical Term:
inguinal falx
Definition: common tendon of insertion of the transversus and internal oblique muscles into the crest and tubercle of the pubis and iliopectineal line; it is frequently largely muscular rather than aponeurotic and may be poorly developed; forms posterior wall of medial inguinal canal.
Synonym(s): falx inguinalisTA, conjoint tendon, tendo conjunctivus, conjoined tendon, falx aponeurotica, inguinal aponeurotic fold
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