Editing Inguinal canal (section)

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The structures which pass through the canals differ between males and females:
* in males: the [[spermatic cord]]<ref name="titleAnatomy Table
s - Inguinal Region">{{cite web |url=http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/gastrointestinal_system/inguinal_tables.html |title=Anatomy Tables - Inguinal Region |access-date=2007-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121005611/http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/gastrointestinal_system/inguinal_tables.html |archive-date=2007-11-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and its coverings, and the [[ilioinguinal nerve]].
* in females: the [[round ligament of the uterus]], and the [[ilioinguinal nerve]].

The classic description of the contents of the spermatic cords in the male are:

3 arteries: artery to vas deferens (or ductus deferens), [[testicular artery]], [[cremasteric artery]];

3 fascial layers: [[External spermatic fascia|external spermatic]], [[Cremasteric fascia|cremasteric]], and [[internal spermatic fascia]];

3 other structures: [[pampiniform plexus]], [[vas deferens]] (ductus deferens), testicular lymphatics;

3 nerves: genital branch of the [[genitofemoral nerve]] (L1/2), sympathetic and visceral afferent fibres, [[ilioinguinal nerve]] (N.B. outside spermatic cord but travels next to it)

Note that the [[ilioinguinal nerve]] passes through the [[Superficial inguinal ring|superficial ring]] to descend into the [[scrotum]], but does not formally run through the canal.