These initial hearings (processus) contain the fullest version of the testimonies.
The more patent the processus vaginalis, the more likely the patient is to develop a hernia.
This peritoneal tissue is known as the processus vaginalis.
The only way to distinguish them is by looking at the "processus hamatus" of the feline scapula, which should have a "processus suprahamatus".
The protrusion of peritoneum through the internal inguinal ring can be considered an incomplete obliteration of the processus.
Forms like "processus xiphoideus" and "cartilago xiphoidea" both exhibit the alternate ending eus/-ea/-eum instead of es.
It is analogous to the processus vaginalis in males (see hydrocele).
This "processus ascendens" however, though indeed positioned on the outer side, is low.
