The adductor canal, aka Hunter's canal or subsartorial canal, is an intermuscular passageway for nerves and vessels to travel through the thigh. You can find the full video here [ Ссылка ]
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The adductor canal courses mostly lengthwise from superior to inferior, but also a bit diagonally, too.
It begins at the apex of the femoral triangle, bounded by the proximal end of the sartorius muscle, the adductor longus and the inguinal ligament (Mnemonic: SAIL). The adductor canal ends inferiorly and medially when it meets the adductor hiatus, which is a space in the adductor magnus muscle between the fleshy adductor insertion and the tendinous hamstring insertion.
The adductor canal contains nerves and vessels that are involved in supplying a small portion of the thigh:
- femoral artery
- femoral vein
- femoral nerve branches
In the full version of this tutorial we take a closer look at the different aspects of the adductor canal (Hunter's canal):
- definition
- muscles of the anterior and medial thigh
- adductor canal location
- adductor canal boundaries
- contents
- clinical aspects: adductor canal nerve block
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