Adductor Canal Flashcards
Other names for adductor canal
Subsartorial/Hunter’s canal
Location of the adductor canal
Anteromedial aspect of thigh, deep to the middle third of sartorial us
Direction of the adductor canal
It extends from the apex of the femoral triangle to the adductor hiatus of the adductor magnus.
The adductor canal is aponeurotic. True or false?
True
Function of the adductor canal
It serves as a passageway from structures moving between the anterior thigh and posterior leg.
Length and shape of the adductor canal
Conical/Triangular, 15cm
Boundaries of the adductor canal
Anteromedial: Sartorius.
Lateral: Vastus medialis.
Posterior: Adductor longus and adductor magnus.
Contents of the adductor canal
- Femoral artery
- Femoral vein
- Saphenous nerve
- Nerve to vastus medialis
What is the largest cutaneous branch of the femoral nerve?
Saphenous nerve
What is a clinical relevance of the adductor canal?
Adductor canal block of saphenous nerve in isolation or with vastus medialis nerve
Position of the femoral vein as it goes from thigh to leg
Posterior
