title: Anthropometric characteristics of the public arch and proper function of the defense mechanisms against hernia formation.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stoppa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology; D008022:Ligaments / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D011630:Pubic Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D012727:Sex Characteristics