4 i2 THE INFERIOR EXTREMITY 



The Adductor Canal (of Hunter) is an intermuscular 

 space on the medial side of the middle third of the thigh, and 

 it contains the femoral artery and vein and the saphenous nerve. 

 The roof of the canal is formed by the sartorius and a strong 

 layer of deep fascia, which lies behind the muscle. The lateral 



Vastus medialis 



Profunda femoris artery | Femoral vein 

 Vastus intermedius | | I Saphenous nerve 

 Femur | | | | | Femoral artery 



Rectus femoris 



Sartorius 

 Biceps | Gracilis 



Semitendinosus | | Adductor Longus 



Sciatic nerve | | Adductor brevis 



Adductor magnus Seinimembranosus 



FIG. 122. Transverse Section through the Thigh, a little distal to the 

 junction of the proximal and middle thirds. The lateral intermuscular 

 septum is well shown, and the femoral vessels are seen in the abductor 

 canal (of Hunter). 



wall is formed by the vastus medialis, while the posterior wall 

 is formed by the adductor longus proximally and the adductor 

 magnus distally. At the distal end of the canal there is a wide 

 gap in the insertion of the latter muscle, and through this 

 opening, which is termed the hiatus tendineus, the femoral artery 

 enters the popliteal fossa. 



It may be necessary to ligature the femoral artery in the 



