ADDUCTOR CANAL

SUMMARY

1. Also known as the Hunter's canal. 
2. Formed in the gutter b/w the vastus medialis & adductor longus (superiorly) and vastus medialis & adductor magnus (inferiorly). The sartorius forms its roof.

3. Continues from the apex of the femoral triangle. 
4. Roofed by fascia which contains the subsartorial plexus. 
5. Contents - femoral artery, vein, saphenous nerve. In the superior part - nerve to the vastus medialis. 

Image: Häggström, Mikael (2014). Medical gallery of Mikael Häggström 2014. WikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2). DOI:10.15347/wjm/2014.008. ISSN 2002-4436. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons [Accessed 20 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.