Adductor canal (Subsartorial/Hunter's canal)

The adductor canal (Subsartorial/Hunter’s canal) is an aponeurotic tunnel in the middle third of the thigh, extending from the apex of the femoral triangle to the opening in the Adductor magnus, the Adductor hiatus.

It courses between the anterior compartment of thigh and the medial compartment of thigh, and has the following boundaries:

• Anterolaterally - the Vastus medialis.
• Posterior - the Adductor longus. 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.

The canal contains the femoral artery, femoral vein, and branches of the femoral nerve (specifically, the saphenous nerve, and the nerve to the Vastus medialis).

Named after JOHN HUNTER.

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