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Adductor canal
The femoral artery. (Canal not labeled, but region visible at center right.)
Cross-section through the middle of the thigh (the right thigh if seen from below)
Latin canalis adductorius
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Adductor canal
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The adductor
canal
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(Subsartorial/Hunters canal) is an aponeurotic tunnel in the middle third of the thigh, extending from the
apex of the femoral triangle to the opening in the Adductor magnus, the Adductor hiatus.
Contents
1 Boundary
2 Contents
3 Eponym
4 References
5 Additional Images
6 External links
Boundary
It courses between the anterior compartment of thigh and the medial compartment of thigh, and has the
following boundaries:
anteriorly and laterally - the Vastus medialis.
posteriorly - the Adductor longus and the Adductor magnus.
roof and medially- the sartorius.
It is covered in by a strong aponeurosis which extends from the Vastus medialis, across the femoral vessels
to the Adductor longus and magnus.
Lying on the aponeurosis is the Sartorius (Tailor's) muscle.
Contents
The canal contains the femoral artery, femoral vein, and branches of the femoral nerve (specifically, the
saphenous nerve, and the nerve to the Vastus medialis).
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It consists of three foramina: superior, anterior
and inferior. The femoral artery with its vein and the saphenous nerve enter this canal through the superior
foramen. Then, the saphenous nerve and artery and vein of genus descendens exit through the anterior
foramen, piercing the vastoadductor intermuscular septum. Finally, the femoral artery and vein exit via the
inferior foramen (usually called the hiatus) through the inferior space between the oblique and medial heads
of adductor magnus.
[2]
Eponym
The eponym is named for John Hunter.
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References
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1. ^ Sauerland, Eberhardt K.; Patrick W., PhD. Tank; Tank, Patrick W. (2005). Grant's dissector. Hagerstown, MD:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 128. ISBN 0-7817-5484-4.
2. ^ A.B. Hnkonaen. (2007). !"#"$%&'()*+,&- &.&/"0(- ( "#*%&/(1.&- 2(%3%$(-.. Mockna: F3OTAP-Mena.
pp. 174176. ISBN 978-5-9704-1207-7.
3. ^ synd/105 (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/105.html) at Who Named It?
4. ^ "CHAPTER 15: THE THIGH AND KNEE"
(http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/part_3/chapter_15.html#chpt_15_adductor_canal) . Archived
(http://web.archive.org/web/20080121162834/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/part_3/chapter_15.html)
from the original on 21 January 2008.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/part_3/chapter_15.html#chpt_15_adductor_canal. Retrieved 2008-01-
27.
Additional Images
Adductor canal

Adductor canal
External links
SUNY Labs 12:07-0103 (http://ect.downstate.edu/courseware/haonline/labs/l12/070103.htm) -
"Anterior and Medial Thigh Region: Sartorius Muscle and the Adductor Canal"
SUNY Labs 12:08-0105 (http://ect.downstate.edu/courseware/haonline/labs/l12/080105.htm) -
"Anterior and Medial Thigh Region: Structures of the Adductor Canal"
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