All statements concerning the conjoint tendon are true, except
CONJOINT TENDON:- Falx inguinalisFormation: fusion of lowest aponeurotic fibres of internal oblique and of the transversus muscle. It forms the posterior wall of inguinal canal. Medially: continuous with the anterior wall of rectus sheath.Laterally: free It may be continuous with an inconstant ligamentous band, interfoveolar ligament, which connects lower border of transversus abdominis to the superior ramus of pubis. Conjoint tendon strengthens the anterior abdominal wall at site where it is weakened by the superficial inguinal ring. {Reference: BDC 6E}
It forms pa of posterior wall of inguinal canal
It is the fused pa of aponeurosis of transverses abdomens and internal oblique muscle
It is continuous with inguinal ligament
It may be pushed forward by direct inguinal hernia
Lower limb