Inguinal canal walls (mnemonic)
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A helpful mnemonic to remember the walls of the inguinal canal is:
- MALT: (2M, 2A, 2L, 2T)
Mnemonic
Starting from superior, moving anticlockwise in order to posterior:
- Superior wall (roof): 2 Muscles
- internal oblique Muscle
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transverse abdominustransversus abdominis Muscle
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Anterior wall: 2 Aponeuroses
- Aponeurosis of external oblique
- Aponeurosis of internal oblique
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Lower wall (floor): 2 Ligaments
- inguinal Ligament·
- lacunar Ligament
- Posterior wall: 2 Ts
- Transversalis fascia
- conjoint Tendon
-<li>transverse abdominus <strong>M</strong>uscle</li>- +<li>transversus abdominis <strong>M</strong>uscle</li>
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