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Scheme of the length of the tendinous tissue in the internal oblique muscle. 

Scheme of the length of the tendinous tissue in the internal oblique muscle. 

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... [3] showed that the average length of the lower fibres of the internal oblique muscle from the pubic tubercle is about 60 mm. (Fig. 3). In some cases the tendon can reach 90 mm and cover the whole triangle. In other cases it can be just 10 mm long. ...

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