Femoral sheath laid open to show its three compartments. (The femoral canal is both visible and labeled [difficult to see label] medial to the femoral vein.)
Structures passing behind the inguinal ligament. The entrance to the femoral canal, the femoral ring, is labeled at right.
Details
Artery
Femoral artery
Vein
Femoral vein, external iliac vein
Nerve
Femoral nerve, genitofemoral nerve
Identifiers
Latin
canalis femoralis
TA98
A04.7.03.012
TA2
2698
FMA
22405
Anatomical terminology
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The femoral canal is the medial (and smallest) compartment of the three compartments of the femoral sheath. It is conical in shape. The femoral canal contains lymphatic vessels, and adipose and loose connective tissue, as well as - sometimes - a deep inguinal lymph node. The function of the femoral canal is to accommodate the distension of the femoral vein when venous return from the leg is increased or temporarily restricted (e.g. during a Valsalva maneuver).[1]
The proximal, abdominal end of the femoral canal forms the femoral ring.[1]
The femoral canal should not be confused with the nearby adductor canal.
^ abMoore, Keith L. (2018). Clinically Oriented Anatomy. A. M. R. Agur, Arthur F., II Dalley (8th ed.). Philadelphia. pp. 711–713. ISBN 978-1-4963-4721-3. OCLC 978362025.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
The femoralcanal is the medial (and smallest) compartment of the three compartments of the femoral sheath. It is conical in shape. The femoralcanal contains...
wall called the femoralcanal. Femoral hernias are a relatively uncommon type, accounting for only 3% of all hernias. While femoral hernias can occur...
The femoral ring is the opening at the proximal, abdominal end of the femoralcanal, and represents the (superiorly directed/oriented) base of the conically-shaped...
the anteromedial part of the thigh in the femoral triangle. It enters and passes through the adductor canal, and becomes the popliteal artery as it passes...
parts of the femoral artery, vein, and nerve. It extends from the apex of the femoral triangle to the adductor hiatus. The adductor canal extends from...
fascia, medial to the upper part of the femoral vein, inside the femoralcanal (medial compartment of the femoral sheath). Cloquet's node (also known as...
pudendal artery. (Canal not labeled, but pudendal nerve and internal pudendal artery labeled at bottom right.) Femoralcanal Inguinal canal This article incorporates...
Femoral hernias occur just below the inguinal ligament, when abdominal contents pass into the weak area at the posterior wall of the femoralcanal. They...
In the human body, the femoral vein is the vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the femoral sheath. It is a deep vein that begins at the adductor...
The femoral head (femur head or head of the femur) is the highest part of the thigh bone (femur). It is supported by the femoral neck. The head is globular...
under the skin of the thigh, the perineum, the opposite scrotum, or the femoralcanal Undeveloped (hypoplastic) or severely abnormal (dysgenetic) Missing...
includes femoral hernias. A femoral hernia is not via the inguinal canal, but via the femoralcanal, which normally allows passage of the common femoral artery...
nerve also known as the femoral branch, both of which then continue downwards and medially to the inguinal and femoralcanal respectively. The genital...
(long or internal saphenous nerve) is the largest cutaneous branch of the femoral nerve. It is derived from the lumbar plexus (L3-L4). It is a strictly sensory...
longus muscle, and inguinal ligament to form the anterior portion of the femoralcanal. The cribriform fascia forms numerous openings to allow the passage...
expose it. A femoral hernia, a protrusion of intra-abdominal organ (usually small intestine), courses through the femoral ring, femoralcanal and saphenous...
the inguinal canalFemoral hernia, a hernia through the femoralcanal Velpeau hernia, a rare hernia in the groin in front of the femoral blood vessels...
asymptomatic enlargement of lymph nodes in the neck, armpit, groin, femoralcanal, or other sites in individuals (median age 65) without a known history...
The femoral vessels are those blood vessels passing through the femoral ring into the femoralcanal thereby passing down the length of the thigh until...
replacing both the acetabulum and the femoral head while hemiarthroplasty generally only replaces the femoral head. Hip replacement is one of the most...
related to Inguinal canal. The spermatic cord in the inguinal canal Inguinal fossae The abdominal inguinal ring The relations of the femoral and abdominal inguinal...
lacunar ligament is the only boundary of the femoralcanal that can be cut during surgery to release a femoral hernia. Care must be taken when doing so as...
locations, typically in the inguinal region (50%), umbilicus (20%) or femoralcanal (20%). More recently, this type of hernia has been reported for the...
A femoral nerve block is a nerve block that uses local anesthetic to achieve analgesia in the leg. The block works by affecting the femoral nerve. A femoral...
of femoral triangle). The genital branch differs in males and females. In males it runs in the spermatic cord and in females in the inguinal canal together...
Cloquet's canal. Cloquet's name is associated with three anatomical terms regarding the femoralcanal: "Cloquet's hernia": a hernia of the femoralcanal "Cloquet's...
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