lacunar ligament

The lacunar ligament can be a site of entrapment for femoral hernias.

The lacunar ligament is named after Antonio de Gimbernat.

Laugier hernia: A hernia passing through an opening in the lacunar ligament.

The lacunar ligament is the only boundary of the femoral canal that can be cut to release a femoral hernia.

Its boundaries are therefore the iliopectineal arch, the inguinal ligament, lacunar ligament and superior border of the pubis.

Ligaments: obturator membrane, inguinal ligament (lacunar ligament, iliopectineal arch)

The portion which is reflected from the inguinal ligament at the pubic tubercle is attached to the pectineal line and is called the lacunar ligament.

It is bounded by the inguinal ligament anteriorly, pectineal ligament posteriorly, lacunar ligament medially, and the femoral vein laterally.

The pectineal ligament (sometimes known as the inguinal ligament of Cooper, after Astley Cooper) is an extension of the lacunar ligament that runs on the pectineal line of the pubic bone.

The reflected inguinal ligament (triangular fascia) is a layer of tendinous fibers of a triangular shape, formed by an expansion from the lacunar ligament and the inferior crus of the subcutaneous inguinal ring.

The lacunar ligament (also named Gimbernat's ligament) is a ligament in the inguinal region that connects the inguinal ligament to the pectineal ligament near the point where they both insert on the pubic tubercle.

The Reflex inguinal ligament is a triangular fibrous band that arises from the lacunar ligament and the pubis and passes diagonally upward and medially behind the superficial inguinal ring and in front of the inguinal falx to join with the linea alba.

The femoral ring is bounded in front by the inguinal ligament, behind by the pectineus covered by the pectineal fascia, medially by the crescentic base of the lacunar ligament, and laterally by the fibrous septum on the medial side of the femoral vein.

Occasionally, however, it curves along the free margin of the lacunar ligament (Figure B), and if in such circumstances a femoral hernia occurred, the vessel would almost completely encircle the neck of the hernial sac, and would be in great danger of being wounded if an operation were performed for strangulation.