Amedical student was asked by her preceptor to palpate the margin of the superficial inguinal ring of a healthy male patient. after passing her finger down the edge of the medial crus of the superficial inguinal ring, she felt a bony protuberance deep to the lateral edge of the spermatic cord, which she correctly identified as the : a. pecten pubisb. pubic symphysisc. pubic tubercled. iliopubic eminencee. iliopectineal line