inguinal canal

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noun

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
• Syn:
canalis inguinalis
• Hypernyms:
duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel