A femoral h. in which the mouth of the sac is on the outer side of the epigastric artery, external h

A h. that protrudes through an aperture in the wall of a cavity, external inguinal h. An inguinal h. in which the neck of the hernial sac lies external to the epigastric artery and to the spermatic cord or the round ligament of the uterus, femoral h. A h. descending beneath Poupart's ligament, through the femoral ring and canal, lying in the sheath of the femoral ve els, and emerging beneath the margin of the saphenous opening in the fascia lat a. The coverings of the tumor are skin, superficial fascia, cribriform fascia, the funnel shaped proce of the transverse fascia, the fascia propria, and the peritoneum.