elimination: analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives
analysis: the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
inguinal canal: 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