Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, one of several different muscles, etc., which lie across certain parts.
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On land, there are a land crab Gecarcinus malpilensis, lizards Anolis agassizi and Diploglossus millepunctatus, a beetle Platynus carabidae, and a gecko Phyllodactylus transversalis, but no mammals.
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The inguinal and iliac portions of the fascia transversalis join along the line of Poupart's ligament, A C.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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On removing the transverse muscle, we expose the inguinal part of the transversalis fascia -- the sixth inguinal layer, L h, Plate 30 -- K k,
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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The fascia iliaca, the fascia pelvica, and the fascia transversalis, are only regional divisions of the one general membrane.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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Between these two points, which "bound the canal," and which are to be regarded merely as passive agents in causing stricture of the protruding bowel, the lower parts of the transversalis and internal oblique muscles embrace the herniary sac, and are known at times to be the cause of its active strangulation or spasm.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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The anterior part of the fibrous spermatic tube descends from the fascia transversalis; the posterior part is continuous with the fascia iliaca.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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A, the subclavian artery, in the third part of its course, as it emerges from behind N, the scalenus anticus; L, the transversalis colli artery,
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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Mr. Guthrie (Inguinal and Femoral Hernia) has shown that the fibres of the transversalis, as well as those of the internal oblique, are penetrated by the cord.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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These vessels course between the fascia transversalis and the peritonaeum.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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-- The epigastric artery, 9, being covered by the fascia transversalis, can lend no support to the internal ring, 2, 2, nor to the tube prolonged from it.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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