page_title: Inguinal triangle
hierarchical_section_title: Inguinal triangle
caption_attribution_description: English: Internal (from posterior to anterior) view of right inguinal area of the male pelvis, with inguinal triangle labeled in green.
context_page_description: In human anatomy, the inguinal triangle is a region of the abdominal wall. It is also known by the eponym Hesselbach's triangle, after Franz Kaspar Hesselbach.
context_section_description: In human anatomy, the inguinal triangle is a region of the abdominal wall. It is also known by the eponym Hesselbach's triangle, after Franz Kaspar Hesselbach.
caption: Internal (from posterior to anterior) view of right inguinal area of the male pelvis. 
  
  Inguinal triangle is labeled in green. The three surrounding structures:
  inferior epigastric vessels: Run from upper left to center.
  inguinal ligament: Runs from upper right to bottom left.
  rectus abdominis muscle: Runs from upper left to bottom left, labeled rectus at upper left.
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