Week 7 - The Femoral Triangle, Adductor Canal and Adductor Hiatus

Question 1

What is the superior border of the femoral triangle?

Answer 1

The inguinal ligament

Question 2

Where does the inguinal ligament run between?

Answer 2

The ASIS and the pubis tubercle

Question 3

What makes up the medial border of the femoral triangle?

Answer 3

The medial border of adductor longus

Question 4

What makes up the lateral border of the femoral triangle?

Answer 4

The medial border of sartorius

Question 5

What makes up the roof of the femoral triangle?

Answer 5

The fascia lata

Question 6

What makes up the floor of the femoral triangle?

Answer 6

Pectineus, ilipsoas and the rest of adductor longus

Question 7

What are the contents of the femoral triangle?

Answer 7

"NAVEL"
Nerve - femoral
Artery - femoral
Vein - femoral
Empty space
Lymph nodes

Question 8

What are the contents of the femoral canal?

Answer 8

Lymph nodes and empty space

Question 9

Why is there empty space within the femoral canal?

Answer 9

Allows the veins and lymph nodes to expand according to flow

Question 10

Which contents of the femoral triangle are bound by the femoral sheath?

Answer 10

The femoral artery and the femoral vein

Question 11

Does the acronym “NAVEL” for the contents of the femoral triangle describe the contents going lateral to medial, or medial to lateral?

Answer 11

Lateral to medial

Question 12

Which vein drains into the femoral vein at the entrance to the femoral triangle?

Answer 12

The great saphoneus vein

Question 13

Where can the femoral artery be accessed?

Answer 13

At the mid-inguinal point

Question 14

What is the adductor canal?

Answer 14

A narrow passageway extending from the apex of the femoral triangle to the adductor hiatus

Question 15

What makes up the posterior border of the adductor canal?

Answer 15

adductor longus and adductor magnus

Question 16

What makes up the lateral border of the adductor canal?

Answer 16

Vastus medialis

Question 17

What makes up the medial border of the adductor canal?

What other border does this structure form?

Answer 17

Sartorius

It extends diagonally over the canal to form the roof

Question 18

What are the contents of the adductor canal?

Answer 18

The femoral artery
The femoral vein
The saphoneus nerve
The nerve to vastus medialis

Question 19

What does the adductor canal provide its contents with?

Answer 19

An intramuscular passageway

Question 20

What is the adductor hiatus?

What does it mark?

Answer 20

A gap between adductor magnus and the femur

Marks the end of the adductor canal

Question 21

What does the adductor hiatus allow?

Answer 21

Allows the femoral artery to pass from the anterior thigh posteriorly into the popliteal fossa, where it becomes the popliteal artery.
The popliteal vein takes the same route upwards to become the femoral vein.

Question 22

What is the femoral triangle?

Answer 22

A small hollow in the anterior thigh