Lecture 19: Femoral Triangle and Vessels of the Lower Limb

Question 1

What/where is the femoral triangle?

Answer 1

A triangular space located in the groin region

Question 2

What are the boundaries of the femoral triangle?

Answer 2

Inguinal ligament (superiorly)
Sartorius (laterally)
Adductor longus (medially)
Iliopsoas and pectineus (floor)

Question 3

What are the contents of the femoral triangle?

Answer 3

• Femoral Nerve
• Femoral Artery
• Femoral Vein
• Lymphatics

Question 4

What is the adductor canal?

Answer 4

Also known as subsartorial canal

A place that lays deep to sartorius, from the apex of the femoral triangle to the adductor hiatus

Question 5

What are the contents of the adductor canal?

Answer 5

• Femoral artery
• Femoral vein
• Saphenous nerve
• Nerve to vastus medialis

Question 6

What is the adductor hiatus?

Answer 6

Passageway for the major vessels of the lower limb

Question 7

What passes through the adductor hiatus?

Answer 7

The femoral artery passes from anterior to posterior and becomes the popliteal artery
The popliteal vein passes from posterior to anterior and becomes the femoral vein