Adductor canal: Difference between revisions

| Latin = [[Canalis]]canalis adductorius

The '''adductor canal''' (also known as the '''subsartorial canal''' or Hunter’s'''Hunter's canal''') is an [[Aponeurosis|aponeurotic]] tunnel in the middle third of the [[thigh]], extendinggiving frompassage theto apexparts of the [[femoral triangleartery]], to[[Femoral vein|vein]], and [[Femoral nerve|nerve]]. It extends from the openingapex inof the [[adductorfemoral magnustriangle]], to the [[adductor hiatus]].

==BoundaryStructure==

ItThe coursesadductor betweencanal extends from the apex of the [[anteriorfemoral compartmenttriangle]] ofto thighthe [[adductor hiatus]]. andIt is an intermuscular cleft situated on the medial aspect of the middle third of the [[medialanterior compartment of thigh|anterior compartment of the thigh]], and has the following boundaries:

* Anteriorlymedial wall - [[Sartorius muscle|sartorius]].

* PosteromediallyPosterior wall - [[Adductor longus muscle|adductor longus]] and [[Adductor magnus muscle|adductor magnus]].

* Laterally Anterior- [[vastus medialis]].

It is covered in by a strong aponeurosis which extends from the [[vastus medialis]], across the femoral vessels to the [[adductor longus]] and magnus.

* Lying on the aponeurosis is the [[Sartorius muscle|sartorius (tailor's) muscle]].

===Contents===

The canal contains the subsartorial artery (distal segment of the [[superficial femoral artery]]), subsartorial vein (distal segment of the [[femoral vein]]), and branches of the [[femoral nerve]] (specifically, the [[saphenous nerve]], and the [[Femoral_nerve#Muscular_branches|nerve to the Vastusvastus medialis]]).<ref>{{cite book|nerveurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=_3i_EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1072|title=Comprehensive toTextbook theof vastusClinical medialisRadiology - Volume III: Chest and Cardiovascular system|author=Amarnath C and Hemant Patel|year=2023|isbn=9788131263617|publisher=[[Elsevier]]) Health Sciences}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=_3i_EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1072 Page 1072]</ref><ref name="isbn0-7817-5484-4">{{cite book |author1=Sauerland, Eberhardt K. |author2=Patrick W. Tank |author3=Tank, Patrick W. |title=Grant's dissector |url=https://archive.org/details/grantsdissector00tank_714 |url-access=limited |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Hagerstown, MD |year=2005 |isbn=0-7817-5484-4 |oclcpage=[https://archive.org/details/grantsdissector00tank_714/page/n141 128]}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|doilast=Sambrook|first=Philip|title=Bone Structure and Function in Normal and Disease States|pagedate=1282010-01-01|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780702033773000056|work=The Musculoskeletal System (Second Edition)|pages=61–76|editor-last=Sambrook|editor-first=Philip|publisher=Churchill Livingstone|language=en|doi=10.1016/b978-0-7020-3377-3.00005-6|isbn=978-0-7020-3377-3|access-date=2021-02-18|editor2-last=Schrieber|editor2-first=Leslie|editor3-last=Taylor|editor3-first=Thomas|editor4-last=Ellis|editor4-first=Andrew M.}}</ref> The femoral artery with its vein and the saphenous nerve enter this canal through the superior [[foramen]]. Then, the saphenous nerve and artery and vein of genus descendens exit through the anterior foramen, piercing the vastoadductor intermuscular septum. Finally, the femoral artery and vein exit via the inferior foramen (usually called the [[Adductor hiatus|hiatus]]) through the inferior space between the oblique and medial heads of adductor magnus.<ref name="isbn978-5-9704-1207-7">{{cite book |author =А.В. Николаев. |title=Топографическая анатомия и оперативная хирургия. |publisher= [[GEOTAR-Media|ГЭОТАР-Медиа]] (GEOTAR-Media) |location=Москва |year=2007 |isbn=978-5-9704-1207-7 |oclc= |doi= |pages=174–176}}</ref>

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