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Feb 24, 2005 - 7:52 AM       #1

A 52-year-old female presents with groin pain . Physical examination reveals a bulge in the groin area immediately inferior to the inguinal canal. The physician suspects that the patient has a femoral hernia containing a loop of small intestine. Which of the following structures is located immediately medial to the hernia sac?
A. Femoral artery
B. Femoral nerve
C. Femoral vein
D. Inferior epigastric artery
E. Lacunar ligament


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Feb 24, 2005 - 8:31 AM       #2

E. Lacunar ligament






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Feb 24, 2005 - 8:37 AM       #3

you are rt.





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