A 21-year-old man developed a hernia after lifting heavy boxes while moving into his new house. During the repair of his resulting hernia, the urologist recalls that the genitofemoral nerve:

(A) Runs in front of the quadratus lumborum
(B) Is a branch of the femoral nerve
(C) Supplies the testis
(D) Passes through the deep inguinal ring
(E) Gives rise to an anterior scrotal branch


Ans: (D) Passes through the deep inguinal ring

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