Identifier: anatomydescripti1877gray (find matches)
Title: Anatomy, descriptive and surgical
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Gray, Henry, 1825-1861 Holmes, Timothy, 1825-1907
Subjects: Anatomy Human anatomy
Publisher: (London : Longmans, Green)
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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art of the fascialata. It forms a thin tubular prolongation round the outer surface of the cord,which blends with the superficial layer, and is continuous with the dartos of thescrotum. Prom the back of the scrotum, the conjoined layers may be traced intothe perinffium, where they are continuous with the deep layer of the superficialfascia in that region, which is attached, behind, to the triangular ligament, and oneach side, to the ramus of the pubes and ischium. The connections of this fasciaserve to explain the course taken by the urine in extraTasation of that fluid fromrupture of the urethra : passing foi-wards from the perinseum into the scrotum, itascends on to the abdomen, but is prevented extending into the thighs by theattachment of the fascia to the ramus of the pubes and ischium, on each side, andto Pouparts ligament in front, and is prevented from passing on to the buttock bythe posterior connections of the perinseal fascia. 413.—Inguinal Hernia. Superficial Dissection.
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The aponeurosis of the External oblique muscle is exposed on the removal ofthis fascia. It is a thin, strong, membranous aponeurosis, the fibres of which aredirected obliquely downwards and inwards. It is attached to the anterior superiorspinous process of the ilium, the spine of the pubes, the linea ilio-pectinea, front ofthe pubes and linea alba. That portion of the aponeurosis which extends from the 742 SURGICAL ANATOMY OF INGUINAL HERNIA. anterior superior spine of the ilium, to the spine of the pubes, is termed PoupartsLigament, or the crural arch ; and that portion which is inserted into the pectinealline, is termed Gimbernats Ligament. Just above and to the outer side of the crest of the pubes, an interval isseen in the aponeurosis of the External oblique, called the external ahdominalring, which transmits the spermatic cord in the male, and the round ligament in thefemale. This aperture is oblique in direction, somewhat triangular in form, andcorresponds with the course of the

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