CANALIS INGUINALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does canalis inguinalis mean? 

• CANALIS INGUINALIS (noun)
  The noun CANALIS INGUINALIS has 1 sense:

1. oblique passage through the lower abdominal wall; in males it is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum and it contains the spermatic cord; in females it transmits the round ligament of the uterus

  Familiarity information: CANALIS INGUINALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANALIS INGUINALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oblique passage through the lower abdominal wall; in males it is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum and it contains the spermatic cord; in females it transmits the round ligament of the uterus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

canalis inguinalis; inguinal canal

Hypernyms ("canalis inguinalis" is a kind of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)