FEMORAL CANAL

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SUMMARY

Different concept from the femoral TRIANGLE! The femoral canal lies WITHIN the triangle. It's boundaries & contents are:
1. Anterior - inguinal ligament.
2. Medial - lacunar ligament. 
3. Posterior - pectineal ligament. 
4. Lateral - femoral vein. 
5. Contents - deep inguinal LN of Cloquet (which drains the glans penis/clitoris).

Femoral-sheath-proper.png
Image: Semmelweis.hu. (2019). [online] Available at: http://semmelweis.hu/anatomia/files/2017/09/20171113_Katz_Sandor_en.pdf [Accessed 13 Apr. 2019].


Reference(s)

R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.