Adductor Canal

Question 1

What are the borders of the adductor canal?

(Aka hunter’s canal, subsartorial canal)

Answer 1

• Anterior:
  
  • Sartorius
• Posterior:
  
  • Adductor longus
  • Adductor magnus
• Lateral:
  
  • Vastus medialis

Question 2

What is the adductor canal a passageway for?

Answer 2

Structures moving between anterior thigh and posterior leg

Question 3

What is the clinical relevance of the adductor canal?

Answer 3

• Adductor canal compression syndrome
• Adductor canal block