Inguinal canal development: The muscular wall and the role of the gubernaculum

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 614-618

  Biasutto, Susana N ^a,b   Repetto, Emanuel ^a   Aliendo, Mirta M ^a   Borghino, Valeria N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall development; Abdominal wall muscles; Embryology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; ECTOPIC TESTIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONAD; GUBERNACULUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL CANAL; INGUINAL REGION; LIGAMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; SCROTUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TESTIS; TESTIS DESCENT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; UTERUS;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ABDOMINAL WALL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; TESTIS;

EID: 67650364836     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20820     Document Type: Article

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