Lecture 19 - Femoral Triangle and Vessels of the Lower Limb

Question 1

Describe and locate the femoral triangle

Answer 1

Triangular space, located in the groin region

Question 2

List the boundaries of the femoral triangle

Answer 2

superiorly: inguinal ligament
inferiorly (floor): iliopsoas and pectineus
medially: adductor longus
laterally: sartorius

Question 3

The inguinal ligament attaches from where to where?

Answer 3

From ASIS to pubic tubercle

Question 4

List the contents of the femoral triangle starting from lateral to medial

Answer 4

Femoral Nerve
Femoral Artery
Femoral Vein
EMPTY
Lymphatics

Question 5

What is another name for the adductor canal?

Answer 5

Subsartorial canal

Question 6

Where is the adductor canal found?

Answer 6

Lies deep to sartorius, from the apex of the femoral triangle to the adductor hiatus

Question 7

What are the contents of the adductor canal?

Answer 7

Femoral artery
Femoral vein
Saphenous nerve
Nerve to vastus medialis

Question 8

Where is the adductor hiatus found?

Answer 8

the space at the distal aspect of adductor magnus

Question 9

What does the adductor hiatus allow?

Answer 9

allows vessels to pass from anterior to posterior of the thighs and vice versa:

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