Origin: Latin suffix -al
Inguinal canal has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
oblique passage through the lower abdominal wall; in males it is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum and it contains the spermatic cord; in females it transmits the round ligament of the uterus
One of the two passages in the anterior abdominal wall which in men convey the spermatic cord and in women the round ligament.