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internal inguinal ring(medicine)
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internal inguinal ring (medicine)


internal inguinal ring -->
deep inguinal ring


The opening in the transversalis fascia through which the ductus deferens (or round ligament in the female) and gonadal vessels enter the inguinal canal. Located midway between anterior superior iliac spine and pubic tubercle, it is bounded medially by the lateral umbilical ligament (inferior epigastric vessels) and inferiorly by the inguinal ligament. Indirect inguinal hernias exit the abdominal cavity via the deep inguinal ring

Synonym: annulus inguinalis profundus, abdominal ring, annulus abdominalis, internal inguinal ring.


mechanistic school (medicine)


mechanistic school -->
iatromathematical school


A group of academicians, of whom Descartes was one of the foremost proponents, who maintained that all physiologic processes were the result of physical laws.

Synonym: mechanistic school.