Adductor Canal

Question 1

ADDUCTOR’S CANA

Aka

•______ CANAL

Aka

•________ CANAL

Answer 1

SUBSARTORIAL

Question 2

ADDUCTOR CANAL

-Is a (narrow or broad?) aponeurotic tunnel in the (anterior or posterior?) (medial or lateral?) aspect of the thigh.
EXTENT
- Extends from the ____________ to the opening in the __________ (the ___________)

Answer 2

Narrow

Anterior ; medial

apex of the femoral triangle

Adductor magnus

Adductor hiatus

Question 3

ADDUCTOR CANAL
•Serves as a passageway for structures moving between the ________ and ______
• It serves to transmit structures from the ____ of the femoral triangle through the _____ in adductor magnus into the ______

Answer 3

anterior thigh

posterior leg

apex

hiatus

popliteal fossa.

Question 4

DIMENSION, SHAPE AND LOCATION
•Length : Approximately ___cm
•Shape: _______ in cross section
•Location: Deep to the _____ of _____ muscle

Answer 4

15

Triangular

middle 3rd

sartorius

Question 5

BOUNDARIES: The adductor canal is bordered by muscular structures

ANTEROLATERALLY
•___________

• POSTERIORLY
• _________ ABOVE
• __________ BELOW

•ANTEROMEDIALLY
_____________

Answer 5

VASTUS MEDIALIS

ADD. LONGUS

ADD. MAGNUS

SARTORIUS

Question 6

the adductor hiatus also known as hiatus magnus is a hiatus (gap) between the ________ muscle and the _____ that allows the passage of the femoral vessels from the anterior thigh to the posterior thigh and then the popliteal fossa.

Answer 6

adductor magnus

femur

Question 7

Medial wall of adductor canal is also called the _____ of the canal

Answer 7

roof

Question 8

Contents of adductor canal

•It contains the _____, _______ , nerve to the _____ and the _____

Answer 8

femoral artery

femoral vein

vastus medialis

saphenous nerve

Question 9

______ nerve is the largest cutaneous branch of the femoral nerve

Answer 9

saphenous

Question 10

As the femoral artery and vein exit the canal, they become the _____ artery and vein respectively

Answer 10

popliteal

Question 11

Adductor Canal
•The femoral vessels enter the adductor canal where the ____ muscle crosses over the _____ muscle, the vein lying (anterior or posterior?) to the artery.

Answer 11

sartorius

adductor longus

Posterior

Question 12

The femoral artery and femoral vein leave the adductor canal through the _____ opening in the adductor magnus muscle, known as the ______

Answer 12

tendinous

adductor hiatus.

Question 13

Adductor Canal Block
•In the adductor canal block, local anaesthetic is administered in the ________ to block the ______ nerve in isolation, or together with the nerve to ______

•The block can be used to provide sensory anaesthesia for procedures involving the _____ and ____, _____ and _____ on the medial side.

Answer 13

Adductor canal

saphenous

the vastus medialis.

distal thigh and femur

knee and lower leg

Question 14

The ——— and _____ are used as anatomical landmarks to locate the saphenous nerve.

Answer 14

sartorius and femoral artery