Iliopubic tract

Curving over the external iliac vessels, at the spot where they become femoral, on the abdominal side of the inguinal ligaments and loosely connected with it, is a thickened band of fibers called the deep crural arch (or iliopubic tract).

It is apparently a thickening of the transversalis fascia joined laterally to the center of the lower margin of the inguinal ligament, and arching across the front of the femoral sheath to be inserted by a broad attachment into the pubic tubercle and pectineal line, behind the inguinal aponeurotic falx.

In some subjects this structure is not very prominently marked, and not infrequently it is altogether wanting.

It can be of clinical significance in herniorrhaphy.