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adductor canal; subsartorial canal; Hunter's canal
Space in the middle 3rd of the thigh between the vastus medialis & adductor muscles, beneath the sartorius muscle, ending at the adductor hiatus. The femoral vessels, saphenous nerve & nerve to the vastus medialis pass through the canal.
General
anatomic canal
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
Component-of
lower extremity; lower limb; leg
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