page_title: Interfoveolar ligament
hierarchical_section_title: Interfoveolar ligament
context_page_description: Lateral to the inguinal aponeurotic falx there is a ligamentous band originating from the lower margin of the transversalis fascia and extending down in front of the inferior epigastric artery to the superior ramus of the pubis; it is termed the interfoveolar ligament of Hesselbach and sometimes contains a few muscular fibers.
  It is named for Franz Kaspar Hesselbach.
context_section_description: Lateral to the inguinal aponeurotic falx (i.e. the conjoint tendon) there is a ligamentous band originating from the lower margin of the transversalis fascia and extending down in front of the inferior epigastric artery to the superior ramus of the pubis; it is termed the interfoveolar ligament of Hesselbach and sometimes contains a few muscular fibers.
  It is named for Franz Kaspar Hesselbach.
caption: The interfoveolar ligament, seen from in front. (Interfoveolar ligament labeled at bottom center.)
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