Femoral Triangle/Canal

Question 1

Where is the femoral triangle?

Answer 1

Area in the anterior thigh

Question 2

What are the three borders of the triangle?

Answer 2

1. Superior border
2. Lateral border
3. Medial border

Question 3

What is the superior border formed by?

Answer 3

Inguinal ligament

Question 4

Where does the inguinal ligament run?

Answer 4

From the anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic tubercle

Question 5

What is the lateral border formed by?

Answer 5

Medial border of the sartorius muscle

Question 6

What is the medial border formed by?

Answer 6

Medial border of the adductor longus

Question 7

What forms the roof of the triangle?

Answer 7

Fasica lata

Question 8

What forms the base of the triangle?

Answer 8

1. Pectineus
2. Iliopsoas
3. Adductor longus

Question 9

What does the inguinal ligament act as?

Answer 9

A flexor retinaculum

Question 10

What does the flexor retinaculum do?

Answer 10

Support the contents of the femoral triangle during flexion at the hip

Question 11

What are some of the main contents of the femoral triangle?

Answer 11

1. Femoral nerve
2. Femoral artery
3. Femoral vein
4. Femoral canal

Question 12

What does the femoral nerve innervate?

Answer 12

1. Anterior component of the thigh

2. Sensory branches of the leg and foot

Question 13

What does the femoral artery supply?

Answer 13

Majority of arterial supply to the lower limb

Question 14

What drains into the femoral vein in the triangle?

Answer 14

The great saphenous vein

Question 15

What is in the femoral canal?

Answer 15

Deep lymph nodes and vessels

Question 16

What are the femoral artery, vein and canal contained within?

Answer 16

A fascial compartment - the femoral sheath