- Source: External spermatic fascia
The external spermatic fascia (intercrural or intercolumnar fascia) is a thin membrane, prolonged downward around the surface of the spermatic cord and testis. It is separated from the dartos tunic by loose areolar tissue. It is occasionally referred to as 'Le Fascia de Webster' after an anatomist who once described it.
Structure
The external spermatic fascia is derived from the aponeurosis of the abdominal external oblique muscle. It is acquired by the spermatic cord at the superficial inguinal ring.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1238 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
Anatomy figure: 36:01-12 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The inguinal canal and derivation of the layers of the spermatic cord."
Anatomy image:7601 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
inguinalregion at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (spermaticcord)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- External spermatic fascia
- Dartos fascia
- Spermatic fascia
- Spermatic cord
- Scrotum
- Buck's fascia
- Cremasteric artery
- Cremasteric fascia
- Inguinal canal
- Intercrural fibres of superficial inguinal ring
