TRIANGLE OF HESSELBACH


Meaning of TRIANGLE OF HESSELBACH in English

-ˈhesəlˌbäk

Usage: usually capitalized H

Etymology: after Franz K. Hesselbach died 1816 German surgeon

: an area of the abdominal wall bounded laterally by the deep epigastric artery, medially by the margin of the rectus muscle, and below by Poupart's ligament

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